This effectively marks the beginning of the preparations for the presidential election due in August 2019, experts say
“This is an environmental catastrophe” – Abkhazia protests city landfill
The decision has been made to modernise the landfill, though nothing has been done as yet
Abkhazia needs sages
Commentary: People are literally queuing up to receive a presidential award instead of thinking how they could do something really useful
Abkhaz parliamentary sessions to be broadcast live – but not on TV
Disputes over the idea are fierce – some consider the idea ‘stupid’, others important. Social media users have responded with irony
Youth theatre begins street protest in Abkhazia
Two theatres have to work in the same building, but the local Bolshoi Drama Theatre does not want to share the stage with a young troupe of actors
Child accidentally shot by friend in Abkhazia
Society demands stricter safety measures for storing firearms at home
Abkhazia celebrates the opening of a Komsomol time capsule from 1968
Video: the event was celebrated with school children singing Soviet songs, holding signs saying ‘100 years of Komsomol’
Abkhazia: move the presidential elections so as not to scare away tourists
The head of the Sukhum city assembly proposes to hold the presidential election of 2019 in spring and not summer so as not to interfere with the tourist season. The public has come out strongly against the idea
Abkhazia in desperate need of children’s shelters
Perhaps, a family home for orphans and street children would stop the wave of juvenile crime
How the president of Chechnya rose to fame in Abkhazia
The story of the abduction of a Russian businessman in Abkhazia, the ineffective Abkhaz police and the effectiveness of Ramzan Kadyrov
Russian sea cruises eyeing to add Abkhazia to their routes
The sea bed is to be deepened for cruise ships
Abkhazia prints new banknote in commemoration of the republic’s first president
The banknote will not be used as an instrument of payment, but rather as an expensive souvenir or present
Video: Abkhazia celebrates Victory Day, 25 years since the end of the Georgian-Abkhaz War
The third and final day of the event featured a military parade, concerts, and greetings from the president