Abkhazia

Akhra Avidzba received three years probation

Abkhaz political activist sentenced to three years of probation

June 12, 2021

Abkhazia's most notorious political activist Akhra Avidzba was sentenced to three years of probation. Avidzba largely attributed this to the journalists who covered his story

New law obliges Abkhaz officials to declare income

Abkhazia

June 11, 2021

After several years of struggle, a citizen's initiative against corruption has achieved the passing of a law that will oblige Abkhaz officials to declare their income

What problems are Georgians in Abkhazia faced with?

Abkhazia

June 11, 2021

Ethnic Georgians form Gal region, Abkhazia, tell JAMnews about the shortage of agriculture equipment, closed borders and other problems they are currently faced with

Op-ed: sanction wars and Khabib's disrupted visit to Abkhazia

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

June 03, 2021

Georgia is accused of disrupting Khabib's visit to Abkhazia. The fighter was planning to hold a masterclass for the local children on International Children's Day

Abkhazia's most famous female lawyer talks about career in law, family, and Abkhazia's legal practices

Abkhazia

June 02, 2021

Inga Gabilaya, one of the most famous lawyers in Abkhazia talks about what it is like to be a female in a legal profession

Re-examining the radicalizing narratives of Georgia’s conflicts

Georgia

May 29, 2021

Radicalizing narratives of Georgia‘s conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have hurt broader peacebuilding prospects and obscured the issues faced by the communities in these territories.

Why the Abkhaz authorities are afraid of a former field commander

Abkhazia

May 28, 2021

Hero of the "Donetsk Republic" Akhru Avidzba, arrested in Abkhazia, is being persecuted for political reasons, his supporters are sure

Abkhazia will no longer negotiate with Georgia until peace treaty is signed

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

May 28, 2021

Abkhazia will not have multi-level negotiations with Georgia - President Aslan Bzhania has appropriately edited the "Foreign Policy Concept"

Russian tourist attacked, tortured in Abkhazia

Abkhazia

May 27, 2021

A young man from Russia told how he went on vacation to Abkhazia and was seized there by local police, who tortured him and threatened him with murder.

Vox-pop: Who wants to get vaccinated in Abkhazia?

Abkhazia

May 25, 2021

Who gets the coronavirus vaccine in Abkhazia and which one? JAMnews offered to answer this question to those who are still in the minority, deciding to be vaccinated

Op-ed: how can Georgian-Abkhaz conflict be settled in the realities of today's world?

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

May 24, 2021

The second Karabakh war made the issue of the position of unrecognized and partially recognized states urgent again, Abkhazian political scientist Astamur Tania believes

Abkhaz opposition demands president's resignation

Abkhazia

May 22, 2021

The Abkhaz Union of Veterans of the Georgian-Abkhaz War "Aruaa" once again calls on the resignation of President Bzhania

Nephew of first president, crime boss Kamal Ardzinba killed in Abkhazia

Abkhazia

May 18, 2021

Kamal Ardzinba, nephew of the first president Vladislav Ardzinba and a crime boss, was killed in Abkhazia. He was shot in his own house

What has changed in Abkhazia during the first year of Aslan Bzhania's presidency?

Abkhazia

May 17, 2021

What do they think in Abkhazia about the year of the presidency of Aslan Bzhania

Abkhazia begins Covid-19 vaccination amid rising cases

Abkhazia

May 15, 2021

Vaccination with the Russian "Sputnik V" has begun in Abkhazia, there is a risk of a new outbreak - thousands of Russian tourists go on vacation, from whom neither a certificate nor a test is required

Opinion: Can new agreement between government and opposition make a real change in Abkhaz politics?

Abkhazia

May 11, 2021

The President and the opposition in Abkhazia want to jointly exclude methods of violent change of power. But they do not discuss the main problem - non-transparent political financing

Remains of 13 people who went missing in Abkhaz war returned to Tbilisi

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

April 23, 2021

The search for the bodies of victims of the conflicts in Georgia in the 1990s and 2008 continues with the help of the Red Cross. Remains of 13 people who were considered missing were delivered from Abkhazia

Russia's mandatory Covid entry tests may leave Abkhazia without tourists

Abkhazia

April 22, 2021

Russia's mandatory PCR test may stifle tourism in Abkhazia

Abkhaz political activist sentenced to three years of probation

New law obliges Abkhaz officials to declare income

What problems are Georgians in Abkhazia faced with?

Op-ed: sanction wars and Khabib's disrupted visit to Abkhazia

Abkhazia's most famous female lawyer talks about career in law, family, and Abkhazia's legal practices

Re-examining the radicalizing narratives of Georgia’s conflicts

Why the Abkhaz authorities are afraid of a former field commander

Abkhazia will no longer negotiate with Georgia until peace treaty is signed

Russian tourist attacked, tortured in Abkhazia

Vox-pop: Who wants to get vaccinated in Abkhazia?

Op-ed: how can Georgian-Abkhaz conflict be settled in the realities of today's world?

Abkhaz opposition demands president's resignation

Nephew of first president, crime boss Kamal Ardzinba killed in Abkhazia

What has changed in Abkhazia during the first year of Aslan Bzhania's presidency?

Abkhazia begins Covid-19 vaccination amid rising cases

Opinion: Can new agreement between government and opposition make a real change in Abkhaz politics?

Remains of 13 people who went missing in Abkhaz war returned to Tbilisi

Russia's mandatory Covid entry tests may leave Abkhazia without tourists

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