Monday, October 12, 2026

Council of Europe denies giving grant to Georgian school

TBILISI, September 23 – The Council of Europe says it did not transfer a grant to a Georgian political school or pay its officials for a recent seminar after Georgian authorities launched a probe for possible violation of the grants law. In a statement to Interpressnews on Tuesday, the Strasbourg-based organization said it had directly … Read more

Georgia probes funding of political seminar by Council of Europe

TBILISI, September 21 – Georgia’s State Audit Office has opened an inquiry into the funding of a school backed by the Council of Europe, after government officials alleged that a seminar held last week may have broken the country’s rules on foreign grants. The inquiry concerns the Tbilisi School of Political Studies, a non-governmental organization … Read more