SUKHUM (Sputnik) -- The country’s main Christmas tree is set up in Abkhazia’s capital. It is located in the central park of the capital, opposite the city’s Administration Building. Management for advertising, information and registration at the Sukhum City Administration was involved in the installation and decoration of the Christmas tree.

SUKHUM -- In a pre-premiere performance, actors performed short extracts from nine plays, including Shakespeare’s "Julius Caesar", Tonino Guerra’s "The Shore of Heaven", Fazil Iskander’s “Makhaz”, and Pedro Calderon’s "Life is a Dream."

As a part of a joint program of the house of children's creativity "Ainar" and Lipetsk art school №1, will be held an exhibition of paintings from 20th of November to 15th December . The Children's Art House "Ainar" presents more than sixty paintings, and Lipetsk school twenty.

SUKHUM -- On Thursdays, at 19:30, at the Central Exhibition Hall of the Artists' Union of Abkhazia are showing the films about the new trends in contemporary art: a "video art", "street art", "installation", "photo art" and others. After watching the films, there are discussions, where everyone can share their impressions. Admission free. The deadline for completion of the shows is not defined.

On 23 November 2014 the Abkhazian State Philharmonic soloists (organist Luka Gadelia and opera-singer Christina Eshba) gave a concert in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia. This was an iconic cultural mission: two talented and bright peoples, the Abkhazians and the Catalans, making a stand for independence, affirmed their right to their own history, national values, traditions, culture, art and lifestyle.