Memory and Disinformation Studies

1 June 2023

The title of National Hero for the members of the Military Center executed in 1923

On May 26, 2023, the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, announced the initiative to award the title of National Hero of Georgia to the members of the "Military Center of Georgia" who were shot in 1923.

17 May 2023

Spring Semester of the Academic and Certificate Program - Disinformation and Propaganda research

Spring semester of academic program - Disinformation and Propaganda Research: History, Theories and Means of Debunking continues. The educational program is jointly organised by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and the University of Georgia (UG).

10 May 2023

Soviet Roots of Anti-Western Propaganda

On May 4, 2023, at a meeting organized by the Telegram channel "О стране и мире", Anton Vatcharadze, the head of the Memory and Disinformation Research Department of the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), spoke about the study "Soviet Roots of Anti-Western Propaganda”.

27 March 2023

A presentation of the website www.gorimaps.ge was held for teachers in Gori

On March 24, 2023, the website www.gorimaps.ge was presented to teachers living in the city of Gori and Gori district at the Art House in Gori as part of the "Discover Gori" project.

22 March 2023

International Conference - On the Bridge of Memory

On March 17-19, 2023, Anton Vatcharadze, Memory and Disinformation studies direction head at the Institute for Development of Freedom of information attended the "On the Bridge of Memory" conference organized by Esimde, an international memory research organization, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

1 March 2023

The IDFI recently organized a public lecture and a film screening as part of the week commemorating the Soviet occupation

From February 22nd to 24th, 2023, IDFI hosted a public lecture titled "Soviet Occupation and Its Impact on Georgia's Memory", as well as a screening of the film "Cemetery of the Shot Dead in Batumi" by Radio Liberty. These events were held as part of the week commemorating the Soviet occupation.

22 February 2023

Spring, 2023 semester of the Academic and Certificate Program: Disinformation and Propaganda Research

Spring semester of academic program: Disinformation and Propaganda Research: History, Theories and Means of Debunking will start on February 27, 2023.

15 February 2023

The project presentation, titled

The project presentation, titled "Discover Gori," took place on February 14, 2023, at the Giorgi Eristavi Drama Theater in Gori.

13 February 2023

International conference "Necropolis of Communist Terror"

From February 8th to 11th, the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) joined the international conference "Necropolis of Communist Terror" in Tallinn, organized by the Institute of Historical Memory of Estonia and the “Saint Petersburg Memorial Research and Information Centre/Joffe Foundation”.

30 January 2023

Events celebrating the First Republic of Georgia in France

From January 25-28, 2023, events celebrating the First Republic of Georgia took place in France, initiated by the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) in partnership with the National Library of the Parliament of Georgia and the Embassy of Georgia in France.