According to our latest public opinion poll[1], conducted nationwide, one of the major obstacles to the success of the country’s universal healthcare and public insurance programs[2] is a lack of public awareness and trust in these. One of t

MP Davit Onoprishvili’s legislative initiative to amend the Georgian law, “Facilitating the Prevention of Illicit Income Legalization,” was registered in the Parliament of Georgia in early March 2014. The bill envisages transferring

Today, the Georgian National Communications Commission announced a competition for companies and consortia to apply for building and operating the country’s infrastructure for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. This selection of operators

Transparency International Georgia continues monitoring the officials' property declarations. Our study has revealed that some officials of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Imereti and Adjara self-government institutions have submitted incomplete informa

  1. 2014-2017 Adjara Budget The Government of Adjara program budget for 2014-2017 gives the Georgian government a very good example of responsible budgeting. The 2014-2017 budget of Adjara Autonomous Republic, which, sadly, was published

  On 6 February 2014, the Minister of Education and Science issued an order where names of individuals who had successfully passed the competition for principals of public schools in Georgia, including public schools of the Autonomous Republic

Illegal government surveillance has been a concern in Georgia for several years. The existence of an archive of thousands of audio and video records obtained as a result of mass illegal surveillance of politicians, journalists, civil society represen

A recent change in the law, initiated by the Ministry of Economy, is anti-competitive, discriminates against microfinance lenders (“MFIs”) with foreign shareholders – and makes it substantially more difficult for Georgian farmers to have access to fo

The Constitutional Court recently heard the case of former members of the Board of the Georgian Public Broadcaster. At the same time, the Court temporarily halted the application of a provision which allows a newly selected Board to become operationa

A legislative amendment proposed by to transfer Georgia’s Financial Monitoring Service from under the management of the National Bank of Georgia to the Ministry of Finance has been registered at the Parliament. This amendment to the Law on Lega