The liquidation process of the Zugdidi Municipality Sakrebulo (local council) and Gamgeoba (local administration) was launched on 20 May 2014, on the basis of Order N317 made by the Chairman of the Zugdidi Municipality Sakrebulo, Levan Konjaria. Repr

General overviewMedia holds a special place in assessment of pre-election environment as it is the most effective channel for the candidates to convey their messages to the population. Unbiased and independent media also allows the voters to get well

On June 7 the leaders of the United National Movement Gigi Ugulava, Giorgi Baramidze, and Giga Bokeria were holding a pre-election meeting in Batumi, near Batumi Drama Theatre. The meeting was joined by a member of a former civil society organization

 On June 9, journalist of TV 25, Jaba Ananidze, publicized a telephone conversation between him and Medea Vasadze, a member of the Supreme Council of Adjara and the Chairperson of its Human Rights Committee. The conversation deals with an invest

     A rally outside the United National Movement’s campaign headquarter in Zugdidi was followed by verbal and physical confrontation on 6 June 2014. Earlier the same day, family members and friends of Paata Karadava, a Defense Minist

The Marneuli District Electoral Commission (DEC) annulled the registration of Akmamed Imamkuliyev, the United National Movement’s candidate for the office of the head of municipal administration – gamgeoba, on 5 June. Earlier, verbal confrontation oc

  On May 31, the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Gharibashvili visited Ozurgeti and Lanchkhuti where he met with the local population and nominated candidates of the Georgian Dream coalition for the local self-government elections in Guria. Dur

We would like to react to recent developments that are directly linked to electoral processes. Firstly, we welcome Vice Prime Minister Kakha Kaladze's initiative on the annulment of minimum mandatory number of candidates on election lists and the CEC

    On 25 February 2014 "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA), "Transparency International - Georgia", "International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy" (ISFED) and "Open Society - Georgia" Foundation (OSGF) have reacted to a

This report by Transparency International Georgia gives user-friendly summaries of audits conducted  by the State Audit Office of Georgia in 2013.In 2013 State Audit Office of Georgia conducted 95 audits , including the Ministry of the Interior,