On March 23, abcnews.com.ge published a news article titled “Unprecedented Decision: Bidzina Ivanishvili Allocated GEL 500 million for Healthcare”. The article positively assesses the measures taken by the Government of Georgia and the respective state institutions against coronavirus, followed by a list of investments made by Cartu Foundation in healthcare. In the context of the...

Narmin Ayvazova Narmin Ayvazova is doing her third academic year at the Faculty of Economy and Business at Tbilisi State University, majoring in Tourism and Business Administration. She currently serves as a PR representative of Salam platform, is an attendee at Caucasian House’s Public University, and is a participant of Emerging Leaders School (ELS) by...

After exposing, through open sources, fake profiles (14 trolls) with close ties to the pro-Russian political party, Alliance of Patriots, the Myth Detector additionally revealed a Facebook page (“Real Opposition”) and three groups (“Reasonable Georgia,” “Against Enemies of the Country,” “Prison Awaits UNM Mob!!!”), also with close links to the Alliance of Patriots, which,  in...

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 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...

On February 2, pro-Kremlin online edition News Front Georgia released an article headlined “Liberals are ideologically plotting a new anti-Russian provocation in Adjara.” The article reads that Georgian media outlets speak of and protest against Russian investments, while the threat is coming from Turkey. News Front Georgia reiterates its earlier disinformation, as if under his...

This banana duct-taped to a wall is definitely not the art installation by Maurizio Cattelan which was estimated and sold at USD 120,000 at one of Miami’s art auctions. ‘Myth Detector’s banana ‘timeline’ reflects the conspiracies that were inspired by a banana and banana-caused viruses at different times. The discovery of the coronavirus and human...

Publication of results of a public opinion research by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on January 16 was followed by sharp criticism from the ruling party representatives. Mayor of Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze labelled the results of the opinion polls political manipulation, while the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, Giorgi Volski stated that he did not...

On January 16, National Democratic Institute (NDI) published the results of the public opinion poll held in the period from 19 November to 13 December, according to which Georgia’s ruling party’s and its leader Bidzina Ivanishvili’s rating has dropped again since April. The results of the research resulted in NDI discreditation campaign by the actors...

On January 15, an online media outlet, Georgia and World, released an interview with Dimitri Lortkipanidze, head of the Primakov Georgian-Russian Center, who claims that 134,000 apartments in Georgia are allegedly owned by Iranian citizens. Earlier on January 7, the same issue was highlighted in the post released by Facebook page “დედაქალაქი” (Capital). According to...

Anecdotal evidence is evidence collected in an informal manner and relying heavily on personal experience1. There is a big difference between anecdotal evidence and scientific evidence. Scientific evidence is based on findings from systematic observations, measurement and experimentation and any person can independently verify or confirm it using the scientific method. Anecdotal evidence proves based...