Abkhazia

Largest school in Abkhazia engulfed in fire

May 02, 2019

While there were no victims, more than 1,000 schoolchildren will have to finish the school year elsewhere

Georgian citizen wanted since 2013 detained in Abkhazia

May 02, 2019

Georgian citizen Zaza Sharia, who has been wanted since 2013, has been detained in Abkhazia. Sharia has been accused of committing several robberies in Abkhazia. Local police know he is wanted for crimes committed in Tbilisi

Abkhazia: new opposition force presents candidate for 2019 presidential elections

April 30, 2019

Almas Japua is known for his outspoken views against oil production in Abkhazia and the sale of real estate to foreigners

Abkhaz opposition leader’s guards end up in hospital

April 23, 2019

The leader of the Abkhaz opposition ended up in the hospital just four days ago – now, his bodyguards have joined him

Abkhaz opposition leader hospitalised, in critical condition

April 20, 2019

The reason behind Aslan Bzhania’s sudden deterioration in health is unclear. Rumors of poisoning and pneumonia are circulating

Abkhaz animal activists scramble to give street dogs a second chance

April 17, 2019

Stories of animal rights advocates trying to put an end to the tradition of shooting stray dogs in Abkhazia, and overcoming the indifference of the public

Abkhazia introduces death penalty for drug dealing

April 10, 2019

A moratorium was placed on the death penalty back in 1993

Abkhazia announces date of presidential elections

April 05, 2019

The presidential elections will take place on 21 July 2019

Abkhazia car bomb leaves doctor seriously injured, motive unknown

April 03, 2019

While the ambulance was on its way, the doctor, whose leg was taken off in the explosion, gave herself first aid

Op-ed: why no new Abkhaz president will be able to change anything for the better

April 03, 2019

It’s the same old game: candidates’ ‘loyal supporters’ are simply creditors ‘investing’ in the presidential elections as one would in a very profitable business

Abkhazia: hopes waver for the appearance of a third political force

March 24, 2019

Abkhazia’s respected Archimandrite Dorofey, who was expected to be put forward as a presidential candidate, will not run

Abkhazia's pelmeni saga

Abkhazia

March 23, 2019

There are no food testing laboratories in Abkhazia, so customers have to judge the quality of food products ‘by eye’

An Abkhazia without thieves-in-law?

March 18, 2019

The Abkhaz parliament has been presented with a bill criminalizing affiliations with crime groups

Abkhazia moving towards resolution of garbage issue

March 16, 2019

A landfill has been designated where household garbage will be brought from all over Abkhazia, while the remaining landfills will be closed and their use prohibited

Young Georgian commits suicide in Abkhazia, Tbilisi demands investigation

March 13, 2019

"It's very important to establish the objective circumstances of this gravest incident," - Ketevan Tsihelashvili, the State Minister for Conciliation and Civil Equality, said at an emergency briefing in Tbilisi

Has Abkhazia’s war on corruption finally taken off?

March 07, 2019

Who’s pressuring the Abkhaz parliament to tackle the criminal liability of corrupt officials and how

Beria – Stalin's right-hand man in Abkhazia

Joseph Stalin

March 05, 2019

On the ferocity and violence of Stalin’s righthand man, Lavrentiy Beria. Photos and stories from Abkhazia

Abkhazia: life without electricity

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

February 26, 2019

How can Abkhazia’s electric energy crisis be solved and its only hydroelectric energy station be saved?

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