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Media not free from state, opposition influence
Interview with Public Defender George Tughushi
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Author: Tamar Kikacheishvili
According to media expert Ia Antadze, all three influential television stations covering Georgia Imedi, Rustavi-2, and the Georgian Public Broadcaster’s (GPB) First Channel are influenced by the government. However, Antadze said that regional and printed media are freer.
Georgia Today met with Public Defender George Tughushi to discuss freedom of speech in the country.
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Georgian Latvians celebrate Independence Day
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Author: Liene Veide
Latvians at home and abroad celebrated the ninety-first anniversary of their independence Nov. 18. A day before the celebration, Latvian Honorary Consul in Georgia Regina Jakobidze said Georgian-Latvians are proud of their heritage although many dislike the situation in Latvia today.
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Georgian villagers succeed in business
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Author: Liene Veide
BP and its oil and gas co-ventures are helping locals to improve and start their own businesses under the Community Investment Program in Georgia. Georgia Today talked to several businesses to hear their success stories.
The Community Investment Program’s budget during the second phase in Georgia at the operational stage is $4.38 million. The program aims to build the capacity of local enterprises and communities within a two-kilometer radius of BP’s pipeline and support the creation of a favorable business environment for small and medium-sized businesses.
“The geography of our operations and the economic profile of neighboring communities mean sustainable projects supporting agriculture will remain our focus in rural areas,” said BP External Affairs Senior PR Adviser Tamila Chantladze.
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Student attorneys set to assist citizens
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Author: Victoria Todria
A new Tbilisi student-based program aims to help frustrated citizens who cannot afford attorneys.
“Attorneys for Tbilisi Residents” is a state city-wide project involving graduate and senior-year law students from Tbilisi universities, who want to provide free legal assistance to residents.
“We will not be able to write a suit for each and every citizen,” Project Director Sevdia Ugrekhelidze said. “This will only be for those who are socially in need and really cannot afford a lawyer.”
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Senior citizens lose out on weekend meals
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Author: Nikhil Khanna
Patrons of a local senior citizens home that used to provide a free meal everyday no longer receive meals on the weekends.
The change is expected to affect seniors who have little money and depend on the weekend meal, said Guliko Romanishvili, the assistant president of the NGO Catharsis.
For the past 20 years in Tbilisi, Catharsis has provided this everyday meal to about 385 people at one lari per meal. Weekend meals have been cut since a U.N. organization stopped sending free corn, Romanishvili said. Now, Catharsis only has sufficient funds to offer free weekday meals.
“Most of them have families,” Romanishvili said about the seniors. “But either they do not get along with their children or the children themselves do not have enough money to support their parents.”
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