The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, Transparency International Georgia, and the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association welcome the readiness of the ruling coalition to raise the electoral threshold by up to 50% in the local self-

On February 5, 2014 Parliament adopted the new Local Self-Government Code as part of which amendments were made to the Law on Public Service as well. The amendments to the Law on Public Service contain a provision under which all civil servants emplo

Mikheil Kukava The years 2012 to 2014 saw a dramatic change in the government’s spending priorities. Below, we: 1. visualize how these priorities have changed over the two years 2. analyse which changes are positive or a possible cause for

Today, on February 18, 2014 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and Transparency International (TI) Georgia presented their second Monitoring Report on the Activities of the High Council of Justice (HCOJ). The report mainly covers the period o

It has been reported that on February 10, 2014 the Law Enforcement Agencies arrested the Khoni municipality governor Zurab Jibukhaia, his deputy Besarion Tchelidze, and the deputy chairman of the United National Movement’s Dusheti organization Zurab

Investigators of the Ministry of Finance, commonly known as the financial police, last week entered the headquarters of Geocell, the country’s second largest mobile phone operator, accusing the company of large-scale tax evasion. The allegations agai

Over the past few weeks, the public has been observing the dispute taking place between Tbilisi City Hall and the City Council in connection with the approval of the city budget. A meeting with NGOs over this issue was held in the City Council on Jan

  On 31 December 2013 Temporary Commission on Illegal Surveillance and Wiretapping has issued its report  regarding illegal surveillance in Georgia.Three members of this Commission, Eka Gigauri, Lasha Tughushi and Kakhaber Kakhishvili

We, Transparency International Georgia, the Georgian Young Lawyers Association and the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, believe that the amendments proposed to the Inter-Parliamentary Working Group by the ruling party are not e

On January 23 the Parliament of Georgia voted, for the second time, to select the candidates of the Georgian Public Broadcaster’s (GPB) Board of Trustees. As a result, only four candidates were selected for nine vacant positions.    We beli