Despite the lack of snow this winter, cities and regions in Abkhazia are working to create a festive atmosphere for the New Year. In the capital, parks and squares are adorned with illumination, Christmas trees are displayed in shop windows, and the main Christmas tree on Freedom Square in Sukhum is illuminated with hundreds of lights. All preparations are complete for welcoming 2023.

Roland Zantaria, a resident of the village of Khwap, Gudauta District, became interested in making staffs and Abkhazian knives; neither does he abandon the seasonal distillation of chacha according to the traditional recipe.

In February 1993 the Georgian-Abkhazian war was one of the topics for discussion at the Carter Center in Atlanta (Georgia, USA) at which an Abkhazian delegation was invited to participate.

Probably many of you have seen these pictures taken on September 27, 1993, when Sukhum, the capital of Abkhazia was liberated from the Georgian invaders. Two fighters are carrying the Abkhaz flag to the top of the parliament building but many of us don't know about these two fighters.