The News in Brief
Friday, October 26
More disputes in Georgia settled through mediation
A growing number of people are using mediation to settle legal and financial conflicts, reports the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution, a way of resolving disputes between two or more parties with concrete effects.
Since October 2013 a total of 143 cases have been applied to mediation, shows the statistics from the Tbilisi City Court Mediation Centre, during which 70% of the cases were settled.
Legal and property disputes were the most common cases solved through mediation, show the statistics.
A mediator attempts to help parties to a lawsuit come to a compromise and resolve their differences without going to trial. (Agenda.ge)
Salome Zurabishvili Secures 89% of Donations in 1H October
Eight electoral subjects registered for the October 28 presidential elections raised GEL 2,152,091 (USD 0.8 million) in monetary and non-monetary donations in the period from October 3 through October 16, according to the State Audit Office, an independent body in charge of the political finance monitoring.
The State Audit Office reported that 99% of total donations (GEL 2,136,518) in the first half of October was distributed among three electoral subjects. 89% of the funds (GEL 1,916,026) was received by the ruling party-endorsed candidate, Salome Zurabishvili, followed by the European Georgia with GEL 121,893 and the United National Movement with GEL 98,598.
During the reporting period, the New Georgia party raised GEL 10,000; the Free Georgia – GEL 3,255; the Free Democrats – GEL 1,250; the Labor Party – GEL 1,000 and the New Political Center Girchi – GEL 69. (Civil.ge)
A growing number of people are using mediation to settle legal and financial conflicts, reports the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution, a way of resolving disputes between two or more parties with concrete effects.
Since October 2013 a total of 143 cases have been applied to mediation, shows the statistics from the Tbilisi City Court Mediation Centre, during which 70% of the cases were settled.
Legal and property disputes were the most common cases solved through mediation, show the statistics.
A mediator attempts to help parties to a lawsuit come to a compromise and resolve their differences without going to trial. (Agenda.ge)
Salome Zurabishvili Secures 89% of Donations in 1H October
Eight electoral subjects registered for the October 28 presidential elections raised GEL 2,152,091 (USD 0.8 million) in monetary and non-monetary donations in the period from October 3 through October 16, according to the State Audit Office, an independent body in charge of the political finance monitoring.
The State Audit Office reported that 99% of total donations (GEL 2,136,518) in the first half of October was distributed among three electoral subjects. 89% of the funds (GEL 1,916,026) was received by the ruling party-endorsed candidate, Salome Zurabishvili, followed by the European Georgia with GEL 121,893 and the United National Movement with GEL 98,598.
During the reporting period, the New Georgia party raised GEL 10,000; the Free Georgia – GEL 3,255; the Free Democrats – GEL 1,250; the Labor Party – GEL 1,000 and the New Political Center Girchi – GEL 69. (Civil.ge)