On February 25, 2019, political scientist Tamar Kiknadze declared at a show “Night Studio” on TV channel “Obiektivi” that the lifetime appointment of the judges in Georgia is an EU demand. Tamar Kiknadze’s statement that the lifetime appointment of judges was requested by the EU, is a manipulation and aims to direct Georgian society’s protest...

Over the past two months, pro-Russian actors have been continuously raising the issue of construction of deep sea ports in Georgia that may be linked to several issues.   After the Prosecutor’s Office publicly announced on January 9 about the ongoing investigation against TBC Bank, the leading Georgian banking company, the issue of the Anaklia...

Avto Shavadze Avto Shavadze is a student of the School of Arts and Sciences at Ilia State University. Since his school age, he had a keen interest in journalism, human rights and ecology. He has implemented four social projects. Avto believes that his membership to Georgia Youth Bank has largely determined his active civic life....

On February 21, 2019, Droni.ge website published an article titled “Nanny, Under Strong Influence of Drugs, Decided to Eat a 3-Month-Old Infant”. The article notes that 16-year-old Anna Krachyeva, from Missouri, put the infant in the microwave, planning to eat her later, all while being under strong influence of drugs and alcohol. Two other websites...

In a February 18-24, 2019 issue Asaval-Dasavali newspaper published an article of journalist Giorgi Gigauri headlined “Nation and church, listen: child corruption is being legalized in Georgia! The article concerns the “Code on Rights of the Child”, which is evaluated by the author as legalization of “fornication”, “Sodom and Gomorra”, “Sexual debauchery, taking drugs” and...

On February 11, 2019, an ultra-nationalist online edition “Alt-info” published information concerning the amount of foreign direct investments in Great Britain after Brexit. According to “Alt-info”, more foreign direct investment went to Britain in 2015-2018 than in Germany and France combined, which the publication links to the Brexit process. “Alt-info”, on the other hand, mentions...

On January 30, an online edition Georgia and World released an article headlined “Betrayal,” in which Dimitri Lortkipanidze, director of the Primakov Georgian-Russian Public Center, claims that under the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, a EUR 4.5-million grant has been allocated to Georgian media to prepare materials on the need of accepting...

The news posted on Imedi TV’s website, Imedinews.ge on February 7, 2019 titled “Russian Volga takes American Tesla in tow” triggered mixed reactions in social networks. Imedinews.ge referred to the February 4 post by a Facebook user Игорь Писарский as its source. The post was accompanied by a photo depicting Russian Volga taking American Tesla...

Irma Inashvili, the leader of Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, in the February 11-17 issue of Asaval-Dasavali, spoke about the inadequacy of Georgia congratulating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on autocephaly and explained it according to the position of Ukrainian clerics. In particular, she claims that while 67 Ukrainian bishops from a total of 69 deny...

Various Georgian media outlets reported on February 2 that from 2020 the owners of two or three cows will have to pay taxes, as demanded by the European Union. The news was first voiced by a respondent in the story aired by Gurjaani TV; later it was circulated by Batumi TV25. Although Gurjaani TV and...

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On January 27, 2019, a Facebook page Made in Georgia shared an article released by vanoggg.ge headlined “Regretful and very dangerous information disseminated right now: the flow of millions of migrants is moving from Iran to Georgia.” The original source of this information is the September 7, 2018 Facebook post by Soso Manjavidze, former member...