Adjara, as armed vehicles are patrolling Batumi. Photo by Batumelebi newspaper. Hopes for holding fair elections on March 28 in Adjara fade away as tensions increase in this restive region of Georgia.

9 political parties and one election bloc will contest for 30 seats in the Adjara Autonomous Republic’s Supreme Council in which 12 seats will be allocated through the single-mandate constituencies ...

BATUMI, Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia — Emil Krupnik and ... One day before the March 28 parliamentary elections here, a reporter from the local radio station paid a visit to the ...