As it is known, on 4 November 2017, Amiran Kvirikashvili, 30, residing in the town of Kharagauli, committed suicide. Several days earlier, he was "interrogated" by the local police and forced to admit to unclear criminal offences. We, the u

Transparency International Georgia examined the activities of the fifth convocation of Kutaisi City Council performed during the period from 14 July 2014 until 30 August 2017.Like previous similar studies of activities of former convocations of Tbili

On 22 November, the Government of Georgia presented to the parliament the amendments to the law “On the Structure, Authority and Rules of Operation of the Government of Georgia” and 110 associated laws. Amendments are also made to the law

 On October 24, the Georgian Dream unveiled its plan to nominate Nino Lomjaria as new Public Defender. We welcome that in new Ombudsman’s selection the ruling party supported one of the four candidates offered by civil society organization

For many years questions have been raised with respect to the lack of judicial discipline cases despite obvious signs of violations allegedly committed by judges. Reasons can be sought in the general and unforeseeable nature of grounds for judicial d

A bill of amendments to the law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens1  has been initiated in the Parliament of Georgia. Authors/initiators of the bill are members of parliament Gia Zhorzholiani and Simon Nozadze. The amendments

Transparency International Georgia is carrying out an evaluation of the performance of representative bodies in Georgia. On October 19, 2017, the organization published a report on the performance of the Tbilisi City Council. The latest report examin

Civil society once again responds to the latest developments taking place at Public Service Broadcaster. Increasing influence of individuals connected to the government and the former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili at Public Broadcaster is alarmi