The arrest of eight members of Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture has raised a number of serious questions. According to our legal analysis, the prosecutors’ charges are unsubstantiated and, according to one of the accused, a witness relied on by the

It is widely known that a video archive is stored in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, which, alongside other records, contains images of certain people’s private life. Although the officials have made statements about the destruction of t

Tbilisi, 9 July, 2013 – Only 4% of Georgians stated that they had paid a bribe in the past 12 months, Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer survey, released today, finds. Around the world, more than one out of four people (27%) sai

 We would like to respond to the developments that have unfolded in the recent days in connection with the Akhaltsikhe District Court. As far as is known, the said Court was considering a case against the former head of the Borjomi Regional Divi

 On July 1, 2013, we learned about the President’s decision on the announcement of the date of the presidential elections. The President’s Administration had first announced October 27 as the date of the next presidential elections, though later

  On June 27, the media highlighted how the Ministry of Finance’s Investigation Department restrained the freedom of action of City Hall and City Council officials and took them into the Ministry for interrogations. These officials claim that th

June 28, 2013, Kutaisi - Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) launched MyParliament.ge, a new parliamentary monitoring website and demonstrated its features at the Parliament today. The website enables users to view information about elect

Tbilisi, 28 June 2013. The Georgian advertising sector has become more competitive after the October Parliamentary elections and politics no longer appears to play a major role in the allocation of companies’ marketing budgets. However, due to percei