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02 November, 2022

The Appellate Court Upheld Nika Gvaramia’s Imprisonment on a Politically Motivated Case

Today, on November 2, the judges of the Tbilisi Court of Appeals, Merab Jorbenadze, Lavrenti Maghlakelidze and David Mamiseishvili found Nika Gvaramia, the former director of "Rustavi 2" and the founder of "TV Mtavari", guilty of abuse of power (two episodes - the so-called commercial airtime sale and the so-called vehicle episode). As a final sanction, he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment.

02 November, 2022

Inaccuracies in the asset declarations of public officials of the Government and Members of the Supreme Council of Adjara

Transparency International Georgia examined asset declarations of the Government and Members of the Supreme Council of Adjara public officials submitted in 2021-2022 and identified inaccuracies in 39% of declarations.24 out of 62 public officials in the office inaccurately submitted asset declarations.

27 October, 2022

Gogashvili’s allegations of the collaboration between the Georgian and Russian intelligence services need to be investigated

Referring to the investigation aired in Nodar Meladze's Saturday program on TV Pirveli on September 10, where the detained former high-ranking State Security Service (SSG) official Ioseb Gogashvili accused the government and Head of the SSG at the time, current Minister of Internal Affairs - Vakhtang Gomelauri, of collaboration with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

26 October, 2022

Suspicious Procurements in Kobuleti Municipality by a Company Related to the Former and Current High Officials of the Kobuleti City Hall

“Zoma” LDT wins public procurements in Kobuleti Municipality without a competitive process. The director of the company Otar Zoidze is the former Head of Municipal LTD Kobuleti Water and Fati Jintcharadze, the wife of his Deputy Gia Goliadze is the Head of Financial Service at the Kobuleti City Hall.

25 October, 2022

The Coalition Responds to the XXXI Conference of Judges

The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary reacts to the re-election of Levan Murusidze and Dimitri Gvritishvili as members of the High Council of Justice by the Conference of Judges.

24 October, 2022

TV Advertising Market Report 2021

Transparency International Georgia publishes a traditional report on TV advertising market review. In 2021, COVID-19 remained a major challenge for the advertising market, and subsequent pandemic restrictions significantly affected the economy.

13 October, 2022

Economic Interests of the Georgian MP Viktor Japaridze

Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) continues to scrutinize the economic interests of Viktor Japaridze, the Member of the Parliament from the Georgian Dream party. On October 4, 2022 he left the ruling party and joined the group of MPs that founded a public movement - "People's Power".

11 October, 2022

Performance Evaluation of the Gender Equality Council

The report developed by Transparency International Georgia within the framework of the parliamentary monitoring project evaluates the performance of the Gender Equality Council (hereafter – the Council) in the Parliament of 10th Convocation in a period between 11 December 2020 and 1 June 2022 (hereafter – the reporting period).

07 October, 2022

The Judicial Reform Strategy and Action Plan Developed by the Ruling Party Do Not Address the Real Problems in the Judiciary

The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary reacts to the judicial reform strategy and action plan[1] released by the Parliament at the end of last week within the framework of the Justice Reform Working Group.

04 October, 2022

Who are the candidates for the position of director of Adjara TV and Radio

Five applicants will compete for the position of director of Ajara TV and Radio of the Public Broadcaster. One of them is the current director, Giorgi Kokhreidze, whose term in the office expires in November.

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