Abkhazia

Mellow season begins in Abkhazia – Video

Overall the holiday season was considerably weaker than last year, analysts say

Real estate shake-up: land cadastre introduced in Abkhazia

Experts say the cadastre will benefit the state through clearer records, give owners stronger rights, and make the property market more transparent.

An Abkhaz cultural centre has opened in South Korea

Although South Korea does not recognise Abkhazia’s independence, Abkhazia says it wants to build economic and cultural ties with the country

Abkhazia and Syria discuss launch of direct sea link

The war in Ukraine has opened up an opportunity for Abkhazia to serve as a transit corridor for sanctions-hit Russia

Abkhazia's independence architect and historian Stanislav Lakoba died in a car accident

Inal Khashig: "In the eyes of the ordinary Abkhaz, Lakoba was an unwavering knight standing guard over Abkhazia’s statehood"

Abkhazia’s fifth attempt at constitutional reform has stalled. Why this time?

Constitutional reform includes changes to the electoral system. Public Chamber has accused parliament of blocking electoral reform

Kremlin’s Abkhazia handler donated his Sukhum house to the orchestra of folk instruments

Founded in 2016, the orchestra has never had its own rehearsal space, practising wherever it could

In Abkhazia, former Council of Ministers building destroyed in the war to be restored

What role the “building risen from the ashes” will play remains unclear

Local dumplings or foreign tourists? Small business in Abkhazia

Small business in Abkhazia is highly sensitive to any developments — from tensions in Russian-Abkhaz relations to gossip on social media

In Abkhazia, migrants will be banned from working as taxi driver

Officially, more than 200 foreigners work as taxi drivers in Abkhazia. Most of them are citizens of the Central Asian countries

Abkhazia to open museum for footballer Vitaly Daraselia after Georgian TV criticism

Small business, power grid, benefits – Abkhazia sets economic priorities

The president’s instructions cover the economy, agriculture, tourism, energy and social policy

Why does Syria still recognise Abkhazia’s independence after the change of power? Opinion

Syria is one of just five countries that currently recognise Abkhazia’s independence. When power changed hands there in 2024, many expected that stance to shift. But it didn’t

Abkhazian mother of five jailed in Russia for welfare fraud

Several hundred other Abkhazian women face the same threat

“Where was Ardzinba?” Abkhaz war veterans take offence over first president

At the start of the Georgian–Abkhaz war, Vladislav Ardzinba was chairman of Abkhazia’s Supreme Council — in other words, the head of the republic

Abkhazia fuel crisis: only Russian stations have gasoline

The instability in Russia’s fuel market has hit the region hard

“Abkhazia can’t afford a huge army – the people must be militarised.” An opinion from Abkhazia

Amid a surge in Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian regions close to Abkhazia, anxiety is growing in the republic.

‘Victims of the global reshaping of the world’: opinion on the causes and outcomes of the 1992–93 Georgian-Abkhaz war

The authors of the Telegram channel Abkhazia-Centre analyse what they see as the goals pursued by the parties to the conflict at the time