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News
CSOs Call for Ensuring Peaceful Environment for Tbilisi Pride
A group of 14 local civil society organizations, called on the government and the Ministry of Interior to investigate hate groups’ actions and statements on June 14 and June 16; to take “preventive measures” so that the LGBTQI community can exercise their freedoms of assembly and expression during the Pride…
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Analysis
Explainer: Elections in S.Ossetia
Voters in Georgia’s Russian-held province of Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia will go to the polls on June 9, to elect the new configuration of the region’s 34-member legislative assembly. These elections are not recognized as legitimate by Georgia, OSCE or EU. Still, they are one of the means to gauge what stands for the political dynamics in this occupied region. So, what do you need to…
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Op-eds
A fair electoral system for Georgia: equality, democracy and stability
The electoral system creates a mechanism which is supposed to balance the negative consequences of moving away from direct democracy: more distance created between the citizens from deciding on matters of common good and the risk of state capture by those wielding power through various…
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News
Parliament Weekly: April 22-May 3
Committee hearings Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee On April 23, Levan Surguladze, director of the Pension Agency, reported to the Parliament’s Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee on the performance of his agency and the process of formation of the investment council. The committee hearing was held upon initiative of the European Georgia faction. The report was followed by a Q&A session. The majority…
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Interviews
Pomerantsev: Russia uses disinformation in a truly militarized way
Voice of America’s Ani Chkhikvadze spoke with Peter Pomerantsev, journalist and researcher, about the threat of disinformation in a rapidly developing information space. What threat does disinformation pose to democracy and countries like Georgia? And what importance does free media have in combatting the disinformation?…
By Irakli Khvadagiani, a research fellow at Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SovLab) The emergence of modern archival institutions and networks in Georgia is linked to the Russian imperial administration in the 19th century. The Georgian Democratic Republic received this heritage in 1918 and undertook fundamental reforms to preserve the nation’s memory. This is the story of many an unsung hero. Building Imperial Memory In the…
On 12 March 1919 the freely elected Constituent Assembly of Georgia has gathered for its first session. The eldest member of the Assembly, Social Democrat Silibistro Jibladze has delivered this inaugural address at 12:19. His speech is a great example of the political rhetoric of the time, now sadly lost, as well as the reflection on complexity and confusion of the times. “So I have…
