Most of the world recognises Abkhazia as part of Georgia, from which it broke away during wars in the early 1990s.

Tensions reached a fever pitch in Abkhazia on November 15 as locals, after hours of clashes with so-called security forces, ...

Still, Sokhumi held onto some privileges, including the exclusive right to own land reserved for “citizens of Abkhazia” – a ...

SUKHUM, November 16. /TASS/. Abkhazian President Alsan Bzhania left the republic’s capital Sukhum on Friday, rejecting the opposition’s demand to step down and hold early elections. The opposition in ...

Hundreds of protesters stormed the parliament of Georgia’s Russian-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia on Friday in an ...

Protests have erupted in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, demanding the resignation of its leader over an ...

Police and hundreds of demonstrators clashed Friday in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a ...

Demonstrators in Abkhazia stormed government buildings to oppose a proposal allowing Russians to buy property, fearing it ...

Protesters in the main city of occupied Abkhazia, Sukhumi, broke through the fence around the complex of "government ...

SUKHUM, November 16. /TASS/. The opposition in Abkhazia halted talks with government officials and plans to build up its forces, opposition lawmaker Kan Kvarchia said. "We are shutting down all ...

Protesters stormed the parliament in Abkhazia, demanding President Aslan Bzhania's resignation over an investment deal with ...