Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania has resigned following widespread protests against an investment deal, which opponents claim would increase Russian influence in the region.
Demonstrators in the capital, Sukhumi, stormed government buildings on 15 (...)
The vice president of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, won the presidential race in the breakaway Georgian region on Saturday, a victory that is likely to keep the territory in Russia's sphere of influence, according to Reuters.
Friday's polls, which (...)
The interim president of Abkhazia, Aleksandr Ankwab, has won presidential elections, the electoral commission said Saturday according to dpa.
The election was held Friday despite protests from Georgia, which lost control of its former province (...)
A powerful blast in Sukhumi on Thursday morning damaged the building of the State Security Service.
Supposedly, a car bomb went off, a security official told Itar-Tass.
The incident occurred at approximately 4:00 in the morning. There were no (...)
The president of Abkhazia says an
International proposal aimed at resolving the breakaway
region's dispute with Georgia's central government is
unacceptable.
Abkhazia's President Sergei Bagapsh said Friday that
Georgia must withdraw forces from (...)
A powerful explosion killed four
people and wounded five in the breakaway Georgian region of
Abkhazia, a top security official said Monday.
It was the fifth bombing in a week in or near Abkhazia.
The security official, Yuri Ashuba, said the (...)
Separatists in Georgia's
breakaway Abkhazia region said on Sunday they had shot down two
Georgian spy drones over the territory they control, but Georgia
denied there had been any flights in the area, Reuters reported.
Russia, which backs the (...)
A plane of uncertain origin went
down over Abkhazia, a top official of the separatist region
said Saturday, a day after Georgia said its forces fired on
a plane believed to be Russian that had violated the
country's airspace, according to (...)
The leaders of two Georgian breakaway regions agreed to step up cooperation in security and other areas during talks in a Black Sea resort town Tuesday, in a meeting likely to annoy Georgia's central government.
Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh (...)
The prime minister of Georgia's
separatist Abkhazia region survived an assassination
attempt by unknown assailants, the interior minister said
Tuesday.
Gunmen opened fire at Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab's
car late Monday while he was (...)
