Georgia gains best ranking on Press Freedom list since 1999
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Georgia has scored it’s best rating in 15 years and improved from 49 in the previous survey to 47 in the current Freedom of the Press survey.
The country was mentioned as "partly free” but was the leader in the region (compared to its neighbours: Russia -81, Armenia -62, Azerbaijan- 84 and Turkey-62) and gained its top ranking on this list since 1999.
Each of the countries and territories surveyed in the Freedom of the Press 2014 report were assigned a rating between 0 and 100. Countries that scored from 0 to 30 were given the status of having "free” media; from 31 to 60 – "partly free” and 61 to 100 – "not free”.
Global press freedom in the world has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade, according to the latest edition of Freedom House's press freedom survey. Only one in seven people live in a country with a "free” press.
Of 197 countries world-wide, 63 were ranked "free”, 68 were ranked "partly free” and 66 were ranked "not free”.
Freedom of the Press 2014, which covers the developments of 2013 and assesses the level of press freedom in 197 countries and territories, is the annual survey of the independent watchdog organisation Freedom House.
Georgia has been named as one of Eurasia’s brightest stars by independent watchdog organization Freedom House.
Georgia’s Prime Minister reveals his faith in the country’s media environment and is honouring journalists and bloggers in Georgia and abroad as the world celebrate World Press Freedom Day today.
Freedom of the press in Georgia is improving, according to a report by international organisation Reporters without Borders.
French-based, international non-profit organisation Reporters without Borders (RWB) has released its annual 2016 World Press Freedom Index which revealed Georgia has progressed in terms of media freedom and transparency in recent years.
Georgia has the most media freedom in the region.
Access to information underpins society’s democratic development, says PM
The values of freedom of expression and access to information underpin the democratic development of any modern society, says Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
A high official from the Organization for Security and Co-Operation (OSCE) is praising Georgia for the progress it’s recently made in media pluralism and freedom of the press.
The Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says that Freedom House’s latest report, Nations in Transit 2018, released yesterday is "extremely biased and based on unbalanced information” about Georgia. "I believe that Freedom House should think twice before it spreads such biased assessments about Georgia’s democratic development level,” the PM stated today about the report which lowered Georgia’s democracy score from 4.61 to 4.68.
International, non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders, which promotes and defends freedom of information and the press, has upgraded Georgia’s freedom of press index by three points.
Georgia comes in 60th of 180 countries in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index by the international, non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders, which promotes and defends the freedom of information and the press.