Laura Thornton, former resident director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Georgia, who served on this position since 2014, will now hold the position of Global Program Manager at International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) in Stockholm. The process of selecting NDI’s new resident director in Georgia is underway. A number of...

On March 3, an online media outlet Georgia and World released another article about the Code on the Rights of the Child and the UNICEF reports headlined “Dimitri Lortkipanidze: Terror Named Juvenile Justice.” In the interview with Georgia and World, Dimitri Lortkipanidze, head of the Primakov Georgian-Russian Public Center, noted that according to UNICEF’s 2018...

After the first recorded cases of coronavirus in Georgia openly pro-Kremlin Facebook pages are conducting smear campaign against Richard Lugar Center for Public Health Research in Tbilisi. For instance, on February 26-27, Kremlin-associated editions News Front Georgia and Georgia and the World, as well as a Facebook page “Stalin” shared the articles prepared by Georgia...

Media Development Foundation’s web-site www.mdfgeorgia.ge was among the 15 000 Georgian web-sites affected by a cyber attack on October 28, 2018. Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced at a special press-conference on February 20, that a massive cyber attack on Georgian server was carried out by Russia. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US Embassy,...

On February 18, Facebook page “Stalin” posted an image of the monument to Joseph Stalin, which, as the page claims, is placed in North Korea. “Stalin” claims that on February 14, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered to place the monument made of gold, copper and stainless steel in the Pyongyang Park of War Heroes....

On February 18, Facebook page “საქართველო უპირველეს ყოვლისა” (Georgia First of All) shared a photo, which, as the page claims, depicts SS officer, George Soros. The photo was accompanied by the following caption: “The photo depicts SS officer George Soros. The next time the Soros-funded liberasts call you a racist, fascist and Nazi, just show...

On February 14, a pro-Kremlin media outlet News Front Georgia released an article headlined “This and that, but … No – the employment of Georgians in Germany turned out to be a bluff.” News Front refers to ambebi.ge as its source and claims that Angela Merkel’s promise to provide legal employment opportunities to Georgian citizens...

On February 12, 2020, an online media outlet Georgia and World released an article headlined “Promoting exports through words and promoting exports through deeds.” The article is about Georgian exports to the European Union under Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). According to an editorial note, there is an agreement according to which all...

It is complicated, may be the best way to describe Georgia’s media landscape. Media ownership structures are often unclear. Online outlets pop up and disappear after a few weeks of activity. Furthermore, most media have a political affiliation and fellow a certain agenda. In this fragmented environment it is easy for foreign interest groups to...

A pro-Kremlin edition News Front, which also has a Georgian version that appeared in October 2019, is apparently managed by Shota Apkhaidze, a Moscow-based pro-Russian activist, associated with “Georgian March”. The information became public following a February 10, 2020 publication by News Front. The edition published an article and a video titled “a Georgian Flag...

On February 10, a Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger commented the arrest of one of the leaders of European Georgia party – Gigi Ugulava. “To say this is disturbing would be an understatement. Using courts as a weapon is NOT democracy” – writes the congressman on Twitter. The congressman’s tweet has since then received significant feedback...

On February 7, a website tralsazrisi.ge released an article headlined “Scandal! The Americans disclose the alliance between Saakashvili, Soros and Biden against Georgia and Ukraine.” The article is accompanied by the link of an American documentary, redirecting us to tvalsazrisi.ge’s YouTube channel. On the same day, the article was shared by Facebook pages “Stalin,” “Jaba...