In October 2013, Transparency International Georgia contracted the Caucasus Research Resources Center to conduct a public opinion survey throughout Georgia. Along with other questions, the 1,918 respondents of the survey were also asked whether they

In recent months, Transparency International Georgia highlighted how unsolicited spam SMS with advertising violate people’s right to privacy and how companies take advantage of the fact that right now they cannot be easily held accountable for violat

The government and the President recently agreed on the three candidates for a vacant leadership position in the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC). TI Georgia took a look at public records to determine if past private sector activity

The initial discussion on the 2014 budget of Zugdidi municipality was held in its local council on 18 November 2013. According to the draft budget, the revenues for 2014 are set at 22 715 000 GEL. The overall budget has increased by almost 2 million

Transparency International Georgia has recently published an article regarding the largest electronic procurement of the year – a tender for 100 buses announced by Tbilisi City Hall on November 4, 2013. The starting price for the tender was set at GE

Transparency International Georgia has released a report outlining the results of the activities of the bureaus of single-seat MPs elected in the Adjara Region after the 2012 parliamentary election. The report also analyses the efficiency of their wo

Transparency International Georgia is releasing a report dealing with the outcomes of the activities carried out by majoritarian MPs elected in the Imereti region as a result of the 2012 parliamentary elections; the report also contains an analysis o

On November 28, 2013 a draft Local Self-Government Code was presented at the Parliament’s Procedural Issues and Rules Committee. The draft proposes to decentralize local self-government bodies by further increasing their scope and financial independe

Today, on 3rd December InterPress News reported that citizens were being evacuated from Justice House – the public service hall in central Tbilisi, due to the high winds that had caused a partial collapse of the roof and necessitated alerting the res

While the relationships between numerous regional private media outlets and local government bodies have improved over the past year, recent developments in Zugdidi suggest that in some areas, tensions between local government and local broadcasters