Journalists Plan to Hold a Protest Rally
Journalists representing the dozens of newspapers and magazines as well as other media outlets renting their offices in the publishing-house "Samshoblo" are planning to hold a protest rally on January 17 in the center of Tbilisi in front of the publishing-house "Samshoblo".
According to the Editor-in-chief of newspaper "Sakartvelos Respublika" Ruslan Rusia, the journalists oppose the auctioning off of the building. "We demand that the Ministry of Economic Development take into account our request and sell the building straight to the offices of the mass media outlets housed by "Samshoblo" - Ruslan Rusia said.
The "Samshoblo's" auction will be held on March 3. Its initial price is 20 million US dollars.
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