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Abkhazian presidential challenger vows to fight election despite ‘poisoning’

Aslan Bzhaniya’s opposition coalition announced they would conduct their own investigation into his sudden illness.

Abkhazian presidential challenger vows to fight election despite ‘poisoning’

Aslan Bzhaniya’s opposition coalition announced they would conduct their own investigation into his sudden illness.

Ukrainian woman ‘heading to Abkhazia’ arrested on suspicion of child trafficking

Police in Georgia arrested the 37-year-old woman after discovering that four of her ‘10 children’ were born in the same year.

Ukrainian woman ‘heading to Abkhazia’ arrested on suspicion of child trafficking

Police in Georgia arrested the 37-year-old woman after discovering that four of her ‘10 children’ were born in the same year.

Voice | ‘My family and I have been made refugees twice’

Only 55 families returned to the Kodori Valley, in upper Abkhazia, following the 2008 August War; Raisa Khachvani, 62, is still waiting to do so.

Voice | ‘My family and I have been made refugees twice’

Only 55 families returned to the Kodori Valley, in upper Abkhazia, following the 2008 August War; Raisa Khachvani, 62, is still waiting to do so.

200 IDP families occupy buildings in Tbilisi demanding housing

A number of neighbours protested against the IDPs, claiming they were walking on the grass and making them feel unsafe.

200 IDP families occupy buildings in Tbilisi demanding housing

A number of neighbours protested against the IDPs, claiming they were walking on the grass and making them feel unsafe.

Voice | ‘We still believed that he was alive and that he would come back one day’

Lika Managadze, whose father died during conflict in Abkhazia, reflects on her memories of her father and how the war shaped the course of her life.

Voice | ‘We still believed that he was alive and that he would come back one day’

Lika Managadze, whose father died during conflict in Abkhazia, reflects on her memories of her father and how the war shaped the course of her life.

Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’

Georgia’s Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, which is examining his body, has so far found no evidence of violence.

Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’

Georgia’s Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, which is examining his body, has so far found no evidence of violence.

Equal and more equal: Abkhazia’s passport policy

Ethnic Armenians, Russians, Georgians, and others fear the reason behind new citizenship regulations is to deprive them of Abkhazian passports.

Equal and more equal: Abkhazia’s passport policy

By Stella Adleyba

Ethnic Armenians, Russians, Georgians, and others fear the reason behind new citizenship regulations is to deprive them of Abkhazian passports.

Abkhazian human rights commissioner condemns treatment of Gali Georgians

The commissioner said protests in Gali over the closure of Abkhazia’s eastern border ‘to prevent swine flu’ could have been avoided.

Abkhazian human rights commissioner condemns treatment of Gali Georgians

The commissioner said protests in Gali over the closure of Abkhazia’s eastern border ‘to prevent swine flu’ could have been avoided.

Interview | De Waal: ‘Is it time to come up with a bigger offer to Abkhazia?’

Thomas de Waal is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, a London-based think tank.

Interview | De Waal: ‘Is it time to come up with a bigger offer to Abkhazia?’

Thomas de Waal is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, a London-based think tank.

Georgia’s education initiative for Abkhazia leaves Gali students out in the cold

For Abkhazia’s ethnic Georgians in Gali, the Georgian government’s new peace initiative does little to help.

Georgia’s education initiative for Abkhazia leaves Gali students out in the cold

By Nino Gogua

For Abkhazia’s ethnic Georgians in Gali, the Georgian government’s new peace initiative does little to help.