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JAMnews (blog)
April 26, 2018
The issue: a textbook titled 'The History of Abkhazia From Ancient Times to the Modern Period' for grades 10-11. The authors, Lakoba and Bgazhba, have been asked to rewrite a chapter concerning the events of May 2014, when protesters took over the presidential palace, after which then-president ofÃâà...
Civil Georgia
April 24, 2018
Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova criticized Tbilisi's policies towards Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia and ... and accept the [new] political reality, that Georgia's neighbors are two independent nations - the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia; theÃâà...
Civil Georgia
April 24, 2018
The remains of 22 people, who had been missing since the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia, have been identified and will be handed over to their families shortly, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a press release on April 23. The identification was carried out within the framework ofÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
April 18, 2018
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili recently announced an “unprecedented” peace initiative aimed at the country's occupied territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region (South Ossetia). The new initiative, made public during an April 4 cabinet meeting, is called “A Step Toward a Better Future.
JAMnews (blog)
April 16, 2018
The training course was organized by Zurab Lakerbaia who is responsible for liaising with international organizations on humanitarian issues in Abkhazia. He told the Sukhum-based Nuzhnaya Gazeta news agency that the training course was an integral part of an agreement made with a Dutch NGO,Ãâà...
bne IntelliNews
April 11, 2018
Abkhazia is a disputed territory located south of the Greater Caucasus mountains on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. The self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia is recognized as a sovereign state only by four member states of the United Nations: Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela and the bird-dung coveredÃâà...
EurasiaNet
April 5, 2018
The Georgian government has unveiled an ambitious new project to reintegrate its erstwhile citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The plan aims to expand access to Georgia's economy and education system to the people of the two breakaway regions, which separated from Georgia during civil wars ofÃâà...
OC Media (blog)
April 4, 2018
Georgian authorities have unveiled a wide ranging plan 'to encourage contacts, movement, and relations' with people in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The plan includes efforts to simplify trade, including from Abkhazia and South Ossetia to the EU, and encourage students from Abkhazia and South OssetiaÃâà...
OC Media (blog)
March 29, 2018
A quarter of a century after the Abkhazian–Georgian war, the bodies of those killed are still being recovered. In the centre of Sukhum/i, capital of breakaway Abkhazia, a giant stylised sword plunges into a grassy mound. Flanked by 14 flagpoles flying the territory's vibrant red, green and white standard, thisÃâà...
Civil Georgia
December 31, 1999
The European Union is deeply concerned by the “state of play in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and for the continuous ... gap for ethnic Georgians in Abkhazia, restrictions on access to education in native language, and violation of property rights of internally displaced persons.
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