Abkhazia

Holiday season in Abkhazia and the coronavirus surge

January 13, 2021

Quarantine has been extended in Abkhazia until February 10 due to the rapid increase in the number of coronavirus infections. The society also demands to sharply tighten restrictions

Forest fires in Abkhazia threaten resort town of Gagra

Abkhazia

January 08, 2021

In Abkhazia, a forest fire blazes a few hundred meters from residential multi-storey houses and hotels in Gagra, it is impossible to extinguish due to lack of technology

Abkhaz PM, speaker both test positive for coronavirus following president

Coronavirus

January 08, 2021

The Prime Minister of Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab has been hospitalized with coronavirus and will be taken to Russia, the speaker is also infected. Previously, the virus was confirmed by President Aslan Bzhania

Forest fires rage throughout Abkhazia

Abkhazia

January 06, 2021

Several residential buildings burned down in the Gudauta, Tkuarchal and Gali districts of Abkhazia, no human casualties

New Year comes to Abkhazia. Video

Abkhazia

December 30, 2020

JAMnews camera on New Year's streets in Abkhazia

Op-ed: the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict through the prism of the second Karabakh war

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

December 29, 2020

Inal Khashig on how the second Karabakh war and cooperation between Russia and Turkey will affect the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. View from Abkhazia

Are Abkhaz gov’t officials importing cryptomining equipment despite ban?

Abkhazia

December 24, 2020

The Abkhazian authorities allowed the import of a large batch of mining equipment, despite the ban. The owner is a minibus driver, but many believe that the real owner is one of the officials

Op-ed: Corruption is treason to the motherland – or what the constitution of Abkhazia should be

Politics in Abkhazia

December 17, 2020

The development of a new constitution began in Abkhazia. The politician Tengiz Jopua says that the main component should be the unconditional control of the authorities by the society

Op-ed: An Abkhazia without electricity or cryptomining. 'Farms' to be disconnected

Abkhazia

December 10, 2020

Mining was again banned in Abkhazia as one of the main reasons for the acute energy crisis, into which the republic plunged since the end of September

Op-ed: is Russia reminding Abkhazia who's boss?

Politics in Abkhazia

December 09, 2020

Abkhazian trucks with tangerines cannot travel to Russia due to new customs restrictions. Expert Tengiz Jopua believes that this is a political message from Moscow

Op-ed: Abkhazia will have to transfer its power system to Russia or live without electricity

Abkhazia

December 04, 2020

In Abkhazia, people live most of the day without electricity, and the only way out is, apparently, to transfer all Abkhazian energy to Russian companies.

Georgian gov't donates over 10,000 doses of flu vaccine to Abkhazia

Abkhazia

December 02, 2020

Out of 235 thousand doses of influenza vaccine, 10 thousand were transferred to Abkhazia

How to live when the power’s out. Stories from Abkhazia

Abkhazia

December 01, 2020

Boiling water in a thermos, a disconnected incubator on a farm, gatherings in the courtyard - how the so-called Abkhazians affected the inhabitants of Abkhazia. rolling blackouts

Monday round-up of headlines from the Caucasus

Azerbaijan-Armenia

November 30, 2020

Review of the latest events in the Caucasus - Armenia and Azerbaijan share a gold mine, Abkhazia fears for its sovereignty, and coronavirus everywhere

The risks of Abkhazia’s revitalized relations with Russia

Abkhazia

November 29, 2020

Inal Khashig on the new program of cooperation between Abkhazia and Russia, which was perceived in Abkhaz society as a threat to sovereignty

What's fair and how to keep the coronavirus away - "Week in the Caucasus" from JAMnews

Video of the week

November 29, 2020

What happened in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in the week of November 23-28, 2020 - short video on developments in the South Caucasus

Schools in Abkhazia are closed again due to the pandemic, but there is still no online education

Abkhazia

November 27, 2020

In Abkhazia, quarantine has been extended until January 12, 2021, schools are closed, but there is no distance education, just as it was not in the previous academic year

JAMnews' Thursday selection of headlines from the Caucasus, November 26, 2020

Azerbaijan-Armenia

November 26, 2020

Review of the latest events in the Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh, the energy crisis in Abkhazia, coronavirus

Holiday season in Abkhazia and the coronavirus surge

Forest fires in Abkhazia threaten resort town of Gagra

Abkhaz PM, speaker both test positive for coronavirus following president

Forest fires rage throughout Abkhazia

New Year comes to Abkhazia. Video

Op-ed: the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict through the prism of the second Karabakh war

Are Abkhaz gov’t officials importing cryptomining equipment despite ban?

Op-ed: Corruption is treason to the motherland – or what the constitution of Abkhazia should be

Op-ed: An Abkhazia without electricity or cryptomining. 'Farms' to be disconnected

Op-ed: is Russia reminding Abkhazia who's boss?

Op-ed: Abkhazia will have to transfer its power system to Russia or live without electricity

Georgian gov't donates over 10,000 doses of flu vaccine to Abkhazia

How to live when the power’s out. Stories from Abkhazia

Monday round-up of headlines from the Caucasus

The risks of Abkhazia’s revitalized relations with Russia

What's fair and how to keep the coronavirus away - "Week in the Caucasus" from JAMnews

Schools in Abkhazia are closed again due to the pandemic, but there is still no online education

JAMnews' Thursday selection of headlines from the Caucasus, November 26, 2020

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