Tbilisi, DFWatch – The official car of Almas Japua, MP in Abkhazia’s de facto parliament called the National Assembly, was hit by an explosion on Saturday evening, Sputnik Abkhazia reports.
The car exploded on Sergei Bagapsh Square in
Abkhazia
Sukhumi and Tbilisi commemorate war-related anniversaries
As the question of political status of Abkhazia remains a major challenge to peace and security in the region, the two societies commemorate the events of 1993 in radically different manners.
As twenty-two years have passed since the end of the war in Abkhazia,
Moldova issues entry ban against two Abkhazian politicians
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two politicians from Abkhazia have been banned from entering Moldova for ten years after they celebrated the 25 year anniversary of the breakaway region Transnistria.
On the way back from the celebration, Sukhumi’s vice president Vitaly Gabniya
Abkhazia’s Georgians still a hostage of regional tensions
Gali, DFWatch – As the Abkhazian de facto government fails to adopt constructive integration policies, many ethnic Georgians living in the eastern districts of Abkhazia complain about prejudice as well as political, economic, and cultural discrimination.
UNDP plans aid projects for USD 15 million in Abkhazia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The United Nations is ready to finance projects in Abkhazia with USD 15 million this year.
Resident Coordinator for the UN Development Program in Georgia, Niels Scott, told this to de facto President Aleksandre Ankvab, according to Apsnypress.
Georgia will consider proposal to open McDonald's in Abkhazia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili says it is necessary to correctly evaluate the political risks of McDonald’s and Coca-Cola entering the Georgian breakaway region Abkhazia.
Gharibashvili Thursday said at a press conference that he will discuss
McDonald's to open restaurant in Abkhazia?
TBILISI, DFWatch–A statement by McDonald’s that it wants to open a branch in the disputed Georgian region Abkhazia has caused strong criticism in Georgia.
Temur Chkonia, representative of McDonald’s in Georgia, says the statement will be removed from the
Suspect in Batumi shooting wanted for diplomat's murder in Abkhazia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Russian citizen who was detained for shooting a cop in Batumi is suspected of murdering a Russian diplomat in Abkhazia on September 9.
According to Russian channel NTV, Yusuf Lakayev is suspected of murdering the Russian envoy to the breakaway
Russian diplomat shot in Abkhazia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The first secretary at the Russian embassy in Abkhazia, Dmitry Vishernev, was Monday morning shot and killed in Sukhumi, the capital of the breakaway region.
According to Abkhazian and Russian media, Vishernev was shot in the morning