Abkhazia
Partially recognised state in the South Caucasus
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| June 11 2025 | Giorgi Jincharadze takes office as Head of Government, succeeding Levan Mgaloblishvili |
| March 3 2025 | Vladimir Delba becomes Acting Prime Minister of Abkhazia. |
| March 1 2025 | Badra Gunba won the presidential election in the second round with 55% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Armenia voted in favor of the United Nations General Assembly resolution supporting Georgia's territorial integrity and the right of return for displaced persons from Abkhazia and South Ossetia. |
| December 2024 | Abkhazian parliament refused to sign an agreement allowing Russia to buy land, resulting in Russia discontinuing discounted electricity supply to Abkhazia. |
| December 15 2024 | Abkhazian diplomatic personnel were withdrawn from Syria following the fall of the al-Assad regime. |
| November 2024 | Protests occurred after the arrest of five opposition activists opposing an investment agreement with Russia. |
| November 19 2024 | President Aslan Bzhania and Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab resigned after four days of protests, with Vice President Badra Gunba becoming acting president. |
| November 15 2024 | Protesters seized the building of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia, demanding President Bzhania's resignation, which he refused. |
| September 18 2024 | Levan Mgaloblishvili becomes Head of Government |
| September 17 2024 | Georgia's parliament passed legislation banning same-sex marriage, same-sex couple adoptions, gender-affirming care, and media depictions of LGBTQ people. The law is technically meant to apply to Abkhazia as a de jure part of Georgia, though its practical implementation remains uncertain. |
| September 4 2024 | Ruslan Abashidze's term ends |
| August 15 2024 | Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Dmitry Volvach announced that Abkhazia's harmonization of laws with Russia was 'almost complete'. |
| January 1 2024 | Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) ceases to exist. |
| 2023 | The Abkhaz Ambassador in Venezuela met with the Bolivian Ambassador, discussing potential establishment of humanitarian, trade, and economic ties. |
| 2023 | Armenia voted in favor of the United Nations General Assembly resolution supporting Georgia's territorial integrity and the right of return of displaced persons. |
| 2023 | Artsakh (self-proclaimed Republic) dissolved, which had previously recognised Abkhazia on 17 November 2006. |
| August 2023 | Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chair of Russian Security Council, voiced support for Abkhazia joining Russia, criticizing Georgia's potential NATO membership and suggesting Abkhazia could only be united as part of Russia. |
| July 10 2023 | Abkhazia was initially scheduled to play a CONIFA World Cup Qualification match against Artskah, which was later postponed. |
| February 2023 | A delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan visited Abkhazia and met with the foreign minister, despite Afghanistan not officially recognizing Abkhazia's independence. |
| January 2023 | Armenia's President Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia fully respects Georgia's territorial integrity and considers Abkhazia and South Ossetia as Georgian territories. |
| 2022 | President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus visited Abkhazia for the first time, meeting with Abkhaz president Bzhania and proclaiming a desire to build serious relations, though Belarus still did not recognize Abkhazia's independence. |
| 2022 | Abkhazia national football team participated in CONIFA World Football Cup, representing their partially recognized territory in international football competition for unaffiliated national teams. |
| 2022 | Abdel Hafiz Nofal met with Inal Ardzinba, who had become Abkhaz foreign minister in late 2021. |
| 2022 | Abkhaz foreign minister had a telephone conversation with Paul Chet Greene, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda. |
| October 2022 | Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania declared Abkhazia's readiness to host a Russian navy and join the Russia-Belarus Union State in an interview with Russian TV. |
| September 30 2022 | The Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics were annexed by Russia, an action that remains internationally unrecognized. |
| March 2022 | The last parliamentary elections were held in the People's Assembly. |
| February 2022 | A delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan visited Abkhazia and met with the foreign minister. |
| February 25 2022 | President Aslan Bzhania officially recognized the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. |
| February 22 2022 | Abkhazia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a statement welcoming Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. |
| February 10 2022 | New Abkhaz foreign minister Inal Ardzinba met with State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev to discuss post-Soviet integration processes. |
| 2021 | Census conducted in Abkhazia showing demographic composition, with key populations including 43,604 Georgians, 125,434 Abkhaz, 22,303 Russians, 41,487 Armenians, and 1,348 Greeks, with a total population of 244,236 |
| 2021 | Significant population decline continued, with only 1,110 births against 1,785 deaths, resulting in a sharp population decrease of 675 people. |
| 2021 | Russian aid finances 43.6% of Abkhazia's state budget, while local income contributes 56.4%, indicating a gradual reduction in external financial support and potential economic development. |
| 2021 | Abdullah Ali Sabri, Ambassador of the Houthi-dominated Supreme Political Council of Yemen, met with the Abkhaz Ambassador in Syria to discuss potential bilateral cooperation. |
| 2021 | An OSCE expert suggests North Korea might be a potential country to recognize Abkhazia diplomatically, though Abkhazia rejects recognition based solely on geopolitical reasons. |
| 2021 | Amina Anshba achieved her highest career ranking of 278th among women in tennis. |
| December 2021 | Unrest occurred in the Abkhazian territory. |
| November 16 2021 | A rainbow flag was displayed during a fifth-grade classroom presentation in Sukhumi for the International Day for Tolerance. Parents complained to law enforcement, but the ministry of internal affairs stated the flag symbolized world peace. |
| March 2021 | Abkhazia national football team participated in the CONIFA World Football Cup qualification matches during this year, representing their non-FIFA recognized region in international football competition. |
| January 2021 | The President of the Association of Pakistanis in Russia met with Abkhaz foreign minister Daur Kove to discuss establishing Abkhaz-Pakistani business relations. |
| 2020 | Population at 245,424, experiencing first negative population growth with 1,295 births and 1,411 deaths, resulting in a population decline of 116 people. |
| 2020 | Amina Anshba achieved her highest career ranking of 355th among women tennis players. |
| 2020 | Competed in international football competitions as a non-FIFA recognized national team, participating in CONIFA (Confederation of Independent Football Associations) tournaments. |
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