The television channel TV9 launched its broadcast via cable and satellite in April 2012 as a voice of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition. The station is owned by Ekaterine Khvedelidze, the wife of now Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (80%) and

Georgia ranks 51st in Transparency International’s 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) which measures perceived public sector corruption in 176 countries. Georgia’s score in the 2012 survey is 52 on a scale of 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) t

  In connection with International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, Transparency International Georgia is collecting interesting corruption-related stories from our users. We are inviting all of our friends and followers to use our platform to

On November 20 Transparency International Georgia, Georgian Young Lawyers' Association and International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy held public meetings at the Georgian Parliament. NGOs presented MPs with their policy recommendations fo

 We, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, Transparency International Georgia, and Article 42 of the Constitution, express our utmost concern about incidents of pressure on local sel

  TI Georgia staff on preparations for the election observation mission.  

In November, TI Georgia issued a set of policy recommendations for the new Parliament and government, highlighting key shortcommings in the media sector and suggestions of how to adress these issues. Legal Framework The legal framework by and large p

The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, and Transparency International Georgia have studied and published information about numerous incidents of political pressure on citizens of Georgia a

Transparency International Georgia is responding to the reported information regarding the illegal ‘tapping’ of the telecommunications of citizens by the law enforcement authorities. According to Mamia Sanadiradze, owner of a company which operates e

 We, civil society organizations and associations, once again apply to you with a proposal to nominate and elect Tamar Gurchiani to the position of the Public Defender of Georgia.Initially, she was nominated by 39 civil society organizations and