In the spirit of clarifying some of the information about the recent spate of evictions of IDPs, we now have a sample eviction letter (in Georgian). It was provided to IDPs living in the temporary shelter on Zubalashvili Street #42 in Tbilisi. It sho

Two employees of the coal mine in Tkibuli were arrested on January 26. Five days earlier, an explosion in the mine had killed a miner and injured four other workers. It was the fourth deadly incident in this mine in only 13 months. A total of ten min

In the past several months, I’ve written blog posts criticizing two data websites: the Civil Service Bureau’s income declarations website, declaration.ge, and tenders.gov.ge, developed by the State Procurement Agency. One of the problems I identified

The current evictions of IDPs in Tbilisi have dominated recent news, with ongoing protests and some opposition parties taking up the cause célèbre. The public perception is that the evictions are fundamentally unfair, yet most of the information avai