Reportedly, the Constitutional Court declared the acting legislation unconstitutional, which regulates secret surveillance and listening. In its decision, the Court stated that creation, possession, administration and use of technical tools for the o
On February 6, the parliamentary majority initiated a legislative package that regulates the conduct of covert investigative actions in a new way. The legislative package provides for the creation of a legal entity of public law, Operative-Technical
On January 6, the Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster elected Vasil Maghlaperidze as the broadcaster’s Director-General. The election of a new director was made necessary after the former director, Giorgi Baratashvili, resigned f
On February 6, at a meeting with journalists, the Director-General of the Public Broadcaster presented a possible model for the channel’s reorganization. This model provides for starting one more reorganization of the channel which aims
Today European Union once again recognized the historical aspiration of Georgian people to be part of Europe and reached an agreement on visa liberalization for Georgia. Soon, citizens of Georgia will be able to travel through Europe without
Transparency International Georgia has published a new report which examines the questions of transparency, accountability and prevention of corruption in Georgia’s state-owned enterprises.The problem of corruption risks in state-owned enterprises is
The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary responds to the Council of Europe’s respective Committee decision rejecting the three judicial candidates for the European Court of Human Rights submitted by Georgia. The Coalition was
The President of Georgia vetoed the “Third Wave” Judicial Reform bill submitted to him on January 10, 2017. The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary believes that the objections raised by the President are i
We, the undersigned nongovernmental organizations, condemn the incident that occurred in the village of Duisi in the municipality of Akhmeta on January 3, 2017, when unidentified persons set the House of Culture of Duisi on fire. The House of
It was officially announced on February 23 that the Parliamentary majority will nominate Manana Kobakhidze as a Constitutional Court judge. Even though Manana Kobakhidze does meet the legal age and education requirements for the position, we b