The Communications Commission will launch the second phase of the Digital Support Programme in the Municipality of Martvili from 21 April, covering an additional 15 target villages. These include Lekajaie, Patara Tamakoni, Alerti, Boboti, Chaburta, Lekobale, Dghvana, Patara Inchkhuri, Meore Gurdzemi, Lepochkhue, Orka, Lebache, Nojikhevi, Stepan Dabali, and Etseri. Resident of these settlements aged 14 and above can attend the training sessions free of charge. As part of the programme, ...

The Parliament of Georgia has elected Ani Vazagashvili as a member of the Communications Commission with 80 votes. She will replace Vakhtang Abashidze in this position. Ani Vazagashvili has 11 years of professional experience in the legal field.  Since 2024, Ani Vazagashvili has headed the legal departments of Teleimedi and Studio Maestro. From 2019 to 2024, she served as chief lawyer in the Legal Support and Administrative Proceedings Division of the Patrol Police Department of the ...

The Communications Commission has issued written warnings to Teleimedi, POSTV, TV Pirveli and Formula for violating the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting. Specifically, the monitoring activities carried out by the Commission in February–March of this year found that news programmes aired on these channels included instances where anchors and correspondents expressed personal opinions, thereby violating the legal requirements on impartiality and due accuracy in reporting facts. In the case of ...

Member of the Communications Commission Natia Kukuladze opened a new training module under the Digital Support Programme in Zugdidi. The session focused on AI literacy, covering useful AI platforms, their practical applications, potential challenges, and cybersecurity in the age of artificial intelligence. Participants included educators from Shota Meskhia Zugdidi State Teaching University, the public college Zugdidi Academy, and Egrisi College.  Due to high public interest, two new ...

Chairman of the Communications Commission, Goga Gulordava, together with ComCom member Natia Kukuladze, met with the State Representative of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, as well as the municipal mayors of Zugdidi, Khobi, Tsalenjikha, Chkhorotsku and Senaki, and the deputy mayors of Abasha and Martvili. The main topic of the meeting was the state internetization programme. The Chairman provided the mayors with detailed information on the development of broadband infrastructure in the region and the ...

The Chairman of the Communications Commission, Goga Gulordava, and ComCom member Ivane Makharadze held a meeting with representatives of radio broadcasters. The meeting aimed to discuss the existing challenges and issues in the market. The Chairman introduced ComCom’s approaches and positions on current topical issues to the representatives of radio broadcasters. Goga Gulordava noted that close cooperation with radio broadcasters is important for the Commission in order to better ...

Member of the Communications Commission, Ekaterine Imedadze, together with ComCom staff, held a working meeting with Vahan Hovsepyan, Senior Public Policy Advisor for Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia (RIPE NCC), and Alex Semenyaka, RIPE NCC’s Community Development Officer and Technical Advisor. The meeting focused on the cooperation between RIPE NCC and ComCom, analysis of internet connectivity among South ...

The Communications Commission has announced the 13th edition of the media literacy contest “Truth or Fiction?” for 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th grade students. The contest, which aims to develop fact-checking and critical thinking skills, will run between 26 March and 26 April.  Participants are required to identify fake news in online media that had not yet been confirmed as inaccurate. Using the format of their choice, the students then have to explain how they identified the ...

The Media School Studio of the Communications Commission has completed admissions for the fourth cohort of its practical 4-month course. As a result of the selection process, 12 students will have a unique opportunity to acquire all the necessary knowledge and skills for journalism free of charge, with the support of professional mentors, and to start their careers in the media sector. To ensure the effective delivery of the intensive programme, the Media School Studio is fully equipped with ...

Chairman of the Communications Commission, Goga Gulordava, delivered an opening speech at the 4th International Consumer Protection Week held in Batumi, where he reviewed the key challenges in consumer rights protection, as well as the Commission’s achievements and ongoing projects. “As you know, the main priority and guiding principle for the Communications Commission is the consumer. Therefore, all projects and decisions of the Commission are focused on consumer interests. As the ...