MOSCOW -- Ties between Abkhazia and Russia have blossomed at a frantic rate ever since Moscow recognized the Georgian breakaway republic's independence following the Russia-Georgia war in 2008. In the ...

NOVY AFON, Georgia (Reuters) - The four-wheel drive sweeps past the group of Russian tourists climbing to the ruins of the Anakopia fortress overlooking what Abkhazia says was once the capital of its ...

Lela Avidzba reads the poem "The Knight In The Panther's Skin" by Shota Rustaveli (in the original Georgian, Russian, and Abkhaz). TBILISI -- Lela Avidzba is a rarity -- an Abkhaz who is fluent in the ...

KHOLODNAYA RECHKA, Georgia (Reuters Life!) - Army green and nestled amongst lemon trees, the luxurious dacha once belonging to the Soviet Union's most notorious leader is hidden on a cliff top ...

Benur Kviraia, the former aide to Abkhaz leader Aslan Bzhania, whose recent visit to Tbilisi sparked protest in Sokhumi, discussed today the reasons behind his controversial trip, noting that he ...

Just one month after his inauguration as de facto president of the breakaway Georgia region of Abkhazia, Raul Khajimba is facing a storm of protest against the new draft treaty on union relations and ...

With political talks at a standstill between the two sides, diplomats involved in the UN efforts to broker a settlement say there is support from key Security Council members to explore the ...

Zugdidi - Abkhaz helicopters attacked Georgian and Chechen rebels in the disputed Kodori gorge yesterday after Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze appealed to Russia to help prevent the latest wave ...

The authorities in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia say they have carried out air strikes against Georgian and Chechen guerrillas who have taken up positions in a mountain gorge. The ...

SUKHUM, January 10. /TASS/. The Abkhaz opposition, which continues to rally in front of the presidential administration building, is ready for negotiations with Abkhaz President Raul Khajimba, ...

The law submitted for the parliament’s consideration stipulates the reduction of the cutoff date of holding the elections from two months to one month before the sitting President’s term expires ...