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2 February 2024

Russia’s undue influence on Western scholars and scholarship

On 19 May 2023 the Russian government announced “personal sanctions” against 500 “American citizens,” including a ban from entry into the Russian Federation.

12 January 2024

Georgia’s AI Readiness Index Results - 2023

In December 2023, Oxford Insights - a consulting company based in Great Britain - published the Government AI Readiness Index.

21 December 2023

The Problematic Anti-Corruption Reform: Assessment of the Venice Commission and the European Integration Process

On December 18, 2023, the Venice Commission published its opinion on the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Georgia.

20 December 2023

EU AI Act - What you should know about the world's first regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence

After a 40-hour negotiation, EU lawmakers finally agreed on the approval of the EU AI Act on December 8, 2023.

19 December 2023

Study visit of the representatives of the IDFI and the Batumi and Lazeti Eparchy in Poland

On December 11-16, 2023, Anton Vatcharadze, head of the memory and disinformation studies direction of IDFI, and representatives of the Eparchy of Batumi and Lazeti were on an introductory visit to Poland.

14 December 2023

Conclusion of the Council of the European Union and Georgia: Review of the December 12 Enlargement Policy Assessments

The Council of the European Union published its conclusion on the enlargement of the European Union on December 12, 2023.

14 December 2023

Gifts received by public officials of municipalities

Following the monitoring of the gifts received by public officials of the executive branch and judges in 2020-2022, IDFI studied information regarding the gifts listed in the declarations by municipal public officials.

12 December 2023

IDFI held a lecture and a film screening about the mass graves of Batumi in Poland

On December 11, 2023, in Warsaw, Poland, a lecture by Anton Vatcharadze, head of the Memory and Disinformation Studies Direction of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), was organized by “Witryna Domu Wschodniego”.

12 December 2023

IDFI held information meetings about NATO in Bolnisi and Aghmamedlo

On November 25, 2023 in Bolnisi and on December 9 in the village of Aghmamedlo, Marneuli district, IDFI held information meetings within the framework of the project funded by NATO Public Diplomacy Programs/Division - "Overcoming barriers to fight misinformation in ethnic minorities".

4 December 2023