Londa Beria 
TBILISI, DFWatch – An independent TV studio in Georgia had its offices robbed, and suspects political reasons.
Studio Monitor, which makes investigative reports for Maestro TV, was subject to a break-in on July 22.
Its main work deals with producing
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report warns that the government may be using money from the state budget to affect the outcome of the election.
”The state budget is less defined. So there is a risk that the ruling party will use it for its own interests,” explained Eka Gigauri,
A new portal in Georgia has been created to let people report violations during the election period.
The website is called the Multi-NGO Elections Portal, and aims at collecting information about alleged violations and incident throughout the election period.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The poverty rate in Georgia has been reduced, but child poverty is still very high.
According to a survey conducted by UNICEF, far too many children are still living in poverty, however the rate of poverty has been reduced by 2 percent from
TBILISI, DFWatch – An employee of a public library who was fired in June claims the reason was her political opinion. She openly says she sympathizes with the opposition Georgian Dream party established by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The library’s director,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Georgian Dream movement is campaigning to defend athletes against government harassment, but the sports minister says there is no harassment.
Over 130 athletes have signed a petition organized by the opposition
TBILISI, DFWatch – Transparency International Georgia on May 22 presented the results of a study showing that three pharmaceutical companies control almost the whole Georgian market.
The three companies are: AVERSI (35 %), PSP (30%) and GPC (15%).
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new study shows that the as the health care sector in Georgia has been privatised, the private health business has gained control over the hospitals.
Herald De Bour, project coordinator for Transparency International’s study,
TBILISI, DFWatch – Prisoners in Georgia are getting support from democracy campaigners who protested outside one of the most infamous prisons.
Non-governmental organizations protested against prisoner abuse in No. 15 detention facility in Ksani at the hands of
TBILISI, DFWatch – An key figure in Georgia’s education reforms who was recently fired has made a comeback and launched her own consultancy to improve the education system.
“We plan to provide some recommendations to the Ministry of Education and vigorously