IntroductionIn the framework of public finance monitoring project, Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) studied public expenses on the New Year and Christmas celebration events of five self-governing cities (Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi,

 Within a period of a year and a half after the self-government elections of 2017, five municipalities were left without a mayor. After the municipalities of Zugdidi, Marneuli, Chiatura, and Khulo, the Municipality of Zestaponi also works withou

 Before the change of the government in 2012, a strong influence of the executive branch and especially the Prosecutor’s Office, over the judiciary was a pressing problem. During this period, the courts were not independent and considerati

 An investigation launched by the Prosecutor’s Office against Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, the founders of TBC Bank, on a case of alleged money laundering together with other crimes that could be committed 10 years ago and disinf