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Unchanged bonus system for public employees

Tamar Iakobidze, analyst at Institute for Development of Freedom of Information.

TBILISI, DFWatch — A group claims a bonus system for public employees has not changed after the parliamentary election, but that there is slightly more transparency.

According to the Ministry of Finance, bonuses given to public employees amounted to over 750 000 GEL

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Lazika: Democratic Deficit in Public Decision Making Process

Tamar Iakobidze is an analyst intern at the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information.

On December 4, 2011, the president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili announced an initiative to build a new city called “Lazika” in the West of Georgia, between Anaklia and Kulevi. The new city is supposed to be the largest after the capital, Tbilisi, and reach a population of about

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