Before leaving office, former President Mikheil Saakashvili selected three candidates for the position of the member of the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC), which has been vacant since Irakli Chikovani resigned in July. TI Georgia

Zugdidi Municipality presented its 2014 draft budget to the public on November 18, 2013. The draft budget is quite well spelled out. Importantly it has taken into account the majority of Transparency International Georgia’s recommendations, concernin

Tbilisi City Hall is currently in the process of making the largest publicly tendered government purchase of this year: Tbilisi is planning to buy 100 new passenger buses for up to GEL 55 million – GEL 550,000 per bus. This is the biggest electronica

Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili presented and launched a private investment vehicle in late September which he says will stimulate private sector investment in Georgia. Ivanishvilli said the private equity fund has received USD 6 billion fr

Financial reporting submitted by broadcasters to the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) does not provide enough information on the sources of financing. The GNCC recently released data it had received from broadcasters

Transparency International Georgia’s anti spam SMS campaign has gained significant attention after we published the list of companies that periodically send out unsolicited mobile ads, violating the Law on Personal Data Protection. Despite wide publi

In a controversial move, the Supreme Council of Ajara last week finalized the appointment of members of the Ajarian Public Broadcaster’s Board of trustees. All five members were appointed by members of the Georgian Dream factions – in violation

The Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights and Civil Integration discussed the repeated absence one of its members, MP Mariam Sajaia, during its October 31 meeting. Committee members noted that, despite the fact that Sajaia stated family matters as

The Tbilisi Bypass, launched in 2010, is one of the largest and most expensive infrastructure projects initiated by the UNM government in recent years. In September 2013, after spending USD 213 million – 65% of the project budget – Georgian Railway (

  Political corruption – such as vote buying or the financing of political campaigns by individuals or pressure groups who, after the politician has won the election, hope for decisions in their favaor – has a major