Civil Georgia (Georgian: სივილ ჯორჯია) is a Tbilisi-based free daily news website run by Georgian NGO UN Association of Georgia. It is supported by USAID, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the grants of which cover about 98% of the website's expenses.[1] Founded in July 2001 and trilingual in Georgian, English, and Russian, it has since regularly published news stories and analytical articles on Georgia's political and social life.
Founded | July 2001 |
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Political alignment | United Nations |
Language | Georgian Russian English |
Headquarters | Tbilisi |
City | Tbilisi |
Country | Georgia (country) |
Website | civil |
As of January 2009, Civil Georgia claims to reach 10,000 daily visitors.[1]
In August 2008, Civil.ge was for a while put out of work during an attack by Russian hackers early in the Russo-Georgian war.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Civil.ge: Georgia’s online pioneer in Window on the Media, January 2009 Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Russian Hackers Attack Georgia in Cyberspace, Associated Press, August 13, 2008
External links
edit- Official website (in English)