Through this live blog, Transparency International Georgia will cover all things relevant around the 2013 presidential elections. You can also follow us on twitter (@TIGeorgiaEng), #GVote. We have more than 350 volunteer observers in the field across

  The first debate among presidential candidates on the GPB’s Channel 1 was watched by approximately 57,000 urban voters, the second attracted on average less than 12,000. Ratings data of political shows and news programs in the weeks runnin

More than half of the capital’s municipal funds come from the central government’s equalization transfer, which is set to decrease by GEL 49.9 million in 2014. The GoG gives formula-based equalization transfers to most of the local govern

Less than three weeks ahead of the presidential elections, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) is broke and broken. The station has run out of money, two Board members have highlighted political pressure on them, two others simply resigned, leaving

Creating, signing, and disseminating petitions is one of the instruments that citizens can use to present their views on any given issue to the authorities and demand change. People worldwide increasingly use the Internet for creating and spreading p

A majoritarian MP’s bureau, whose expenses are covered by the Parliament's budget, is set up to organize work with the constituency, identify the problems faced by the local population, lobby the executive and self-governing authorities to address th

Since 2003, 11 mayors of Kutaisi have been replaced. The process still continues and Kutaisi is currently awaiting  its 12th mayor. The 11th mayor Dimitri Kopaliani retained the post for 98 days, during which time he spent  37 of those day

The Georgian Ministry of Justice and the Civil Service Bureau have submitted draft amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption Service to Parliament. This law establishes, among other things, the list of public officials who are requ

The Parliament has to fill a vacancy for one Commissioner at the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC), the telecom and broadcasting regulator. The work and perception of the GNCC leadership in past years has at times been undermined by