On April 20, Facebook user Ani Mjavia shared a link of a clickbait page Gifsat.com in public groups ექსკლუზივი (Exclusive), Intellect Club, პოზიტივი (Positivity) and ანეგდოტების რვეული (Notebook for Anecdotes), with the description: “Barack Obama’s wife is a man! – A shocking video, a theory, which was spread a few days ago”. Information shared on...

On April 20 Facebook page „ბავშვთა უფლებების დაცვის საზოგადოება“ (“Society for Protecting Children’s rights”) shared a video, where representatives of this society Guram Palavandishvili and Aleksandre Palavandishvili state that, the goal of the ombudsman for entering Ninotsminda’s children’s home is to deprave underaged people.   Aleksandre Palavandishvili: “In the children’s home under the guidance of...

On April 24 a story was aired on TV Obiektivi stating that a few hours after vaccinating with AstraZeneca, a 63-year-old man went into an anaphylactic shock. “Another adverse effect of AstraZeneca vaccine” – this is how journalist Archil Arevadze starts the show. On the same day during the Night Studio of “Obiektivi”, host Nino...

  Esma Ananidze Esma Ananidze – obtained a master’s degree in Business Administration from St Tbel Abuseridze University. She currently works as an administrative manager at the branch of LEPL College “New Wave” in Khulo municipality. She is also a vocational education teacher. PUBLISHED MATERIAL:   Davit Beradze     Davit Beradze – is a...

The host of Russia’s First Channel, journalist Vladimir Pozner arrived in Tbilisi with a delegation to celebrate his 87th birthday, which was followed by a protest by civic activists and the opposition party members. On the night of March 31, the demonstration was held near hotels “Rooms” and “Vinotel”. According to participants of the protest,...

On September 17, 2020, a Facebook profile „ჩემი საქართველო“ (My Georgia) published a photo with a caption claiming that it is Lagodekhi Nature Reserve. The author of the post expresses delight and also points out that the photo shows Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, located in Kakheti, Georgia. Although the post is from 2020, it is still...

On March 15, Facebook user Larisa Tsitlanadze published the video several times depicting the doctor Lana Ubilava’s vaccination with COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine in Zugdidi. In the video caption, Larisa Tsitlanadze writes that the tip of the needle is misplaced on the vial, “as if the doctor withdrew the vaccine”. Larisa Tsitlanadze published the aforesaid video...

March 6, TV Pirveli aired an audio conversation allegedly between Bera Ivanishvili, Irakli Garibashvili and Anzor Chubinidze whose authenticity was initially questioned by the Georgian Dream lawmakers and dubbed as “a fabrication.” However, in the interview with Imedi TV on March 9, Bera Ivanishvili, son of the ruling party founder, Bidzina Ivanishvili, did not deny...

  On March 8, 2021, a website Sportvideos.ge published an article titled “Lomjaria: Georgian gays and transgenders should be allowed to marry and adopt because…”. The article cites the Public Defender’s report, which, according to the publication, criticizes the notion of marriage in the constitution, as a union between a woman and a man and...

On March 12, 2021, Goal.ge published news, titled “Georgian NGOs Demanded to Disqualify Basilashvili from Tournament”. The article mentions the successes of the Georgian tennis player, Nikoloz Basilashvili at the tournament in Doha and the statements made by his lawyer, Irma Chkadua. The article comes with photos of Nino Lomjaria, the Public Defender, which, together...

During the Obiektivi TV program “Ghamis Studia” (Night Studio) aired on March 4, 2021, Nino Ratishvili, the program host, and Nona Aghdgomelashvili, a doctor-therapist spoke about COVID-19 vaccines. The latter said that society serves as a lab rat in the process of COVID-19 vaccination because the vaccine has not passed the required stages for testing,...

On February 25, Georgian online media outlet Versia published an article headlined “Georgians moving to Germany for work will be paid wages and withheld income taxes in Georgia.” Speaking in the interview with the media outlet, Spain-based Levan Simonishvili, head of Georgian Emigrants Association, claimed that food and accommodation expenses of Georgian seasonal workers will...