FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  June 22, 2012 – Transparency International Georgia, Transparency International Azerbaijan and Transparency International Armenia published the report “Handbook on the Freedom of Information in the South Caucasus Countries”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETbilisi, 22 June 2012 – Transparency International Georgia has released its new report about The Georgian Pharmaceutical Market. A number of key issues are highlighted in the report:The legislative changes adopted in 2009 were de

Transparency International Georgia is appealing to the Georgian Prosecutor’s office to ensure that all actions that affect media companies are taken in a transparent and proportionate manner, after authorities moved to seize satellite dishes from a w

According to a decision by the Georgian government, the construction of 15 new hydro power plants is underway on the territory of the country. The purpose of the project is to bolster energy independence. Two types of hydro power plants are plan

On June 2, 2012, the Georgian Chamber of Control’s Party Monitoring Service, under the law infringement protocol, found the Georgian Football Supporter, a non-entrepreneurial non-commercial legal entity, was guilty of receiving up to USD 200,000 in i

According to the footage of June 18, 2012 by information agency INFO 9, the Rustavi City Hall distributed a sack of potatoes to 420 vulnerable families residing in the city outskirts and Samgori village. According to the story, these vulnerable famil

According to a TV9 report on May 24, 2012, the acting head of the Ozurgeti municipality (Guria region), Ilia Vashakmadze, has ordered his staff to sign up friends and relatives as supporters of the ruling United National Movement party. According to

   As is known, on June 14, a number of NGOs participating in the ‘This Concerns You’ campaign met with representatives of the Legal Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia. At the meeting, the ruling party refused to take into a

Tbilisi, 14th of June – Transparency International Georgia presents the results of a four month court monitoring project.  After monitoring 252 hearings on 108 cases, TI Georgia has revealed the strong and weak aspects of the judiciary concernin

Journalists working with local media outlets have in a number of cases faced intimidation and been subject to harassment in recent months, finds a new report by Transparency International Georgia, entitled Georgia’s Regional Media – Local Watchdogs U