On June 21, the Samtredia Municipality Sakrebulo has elected Emzar Shubladze as Chairman with 20 votes against 5. Transparency International Georgia observed this process. Snap elections became necessary after the Chairman of the Sakrebulo Emzar Jvar

Within the framework of the Inter-Agency Commission on Electoral Issues functioning at the National Security Council, on June 18 the United National Movement has informed the observer missions about ongoing serious staff changes and reorganization wi

The Zugdidi Sakrebulo Publicising information concerning sittings Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) noted in its blog-post, released on 12 April 2013, that the majority of Sakrebulos in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti release information c

In 2 years from today, on June 17, 2015, the analogue television signal that everybody can receive through an antenna should be switched off and replaced with a digital signal. However, the government needs to make important decisions now, if the cou

The Zugdidi Municipality Gamgeoba offers a community canteen service to citizens who have been granted 57,000 rating points or less by the Social Service Agency. However, according to the information provided to us by the Zugdidi Social Service Cente

Georgian Defense spending is the third largest after education and healthcare.  It is important that we know that defense spending is both efficient and lawful.  2005 to 2006 was the last date on which the State Audit Offi

In a previous blog post published on April 22, Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) talked about the property donated to the state for a token price by private and legal persons in the years 2004-2007. In that period, the total value of th

A staggering GEL 687,170 was spent by the Zugdidi municipality on 12 cars between 5 January 2011 and 10 September 2012. In this period they bought nine Toyota Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV); two Hyundai SUVs; and one a Mitsubishi Pajero IO. The most ex

On April 5, 2013 Georgian Parliament announced an electronic tender for renovation of the former Parliament building. On April 25 it started receiving tender offers. According to the tender documentation, the building is being renovated with the purp

Questions have arisen after the 1 October 2012 parliamentary elections, regarding the involvement of the majoritarian representative of Poti district, in the local affairs of the city. Member of the Georgian Dream party and Chair of the Parliamentary