She was one of five Georgian journalists honored for their professional standards and ethics and for helping promote a better understanding of the values of the European Union.
Biganishvili’s video report won for Best TV/Radio report. Other winners were Sopho Aptsiauri, www.liberali.ge; Lasha Bughadze of Radio Liberty, http://www.rferl.org/section/georgia/155.html; the Kakheti Info Center, www.ick.ge; and Goga Aptsiauri, www.media.ge.
All winners received the Crystal Globe Trophy and 3,500 GEL (US$ 1,864).
The ceremony was followed by a concert featuring violinist Anna Tifu accompanied by the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianluca Marcianò. This is the third year the EU prize has been offered.
