Yuri Pokalchuk (1941 - 2008) was a Ukrainian writer, translator, researcher, candidate of philological sciences, head of the international department of the Writers' Union of Ukraine.

He was born on 24 January 1941 in Kremenets, Ukraine. Pokalchuk's childhood and adolescence was spent in Lutsk, where he graduated from school and from the Lutsk Pedagogical Institute. Later he transferred to Leningrad University (Department Oriental languages, Indology).

He knew 11 foreign languages, including Polish, English, Spanish and French. His knowledge of languages has also led him to professionally translate works from writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Julio Cortázar, Jorge Amada, Mario Vargas Llosa, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Rimbaud, and García Lorca. 

Pokalchuk travelled to many countries and lectured in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Poland, and Russia.

"Eugen Krammig was born in 1950 in Hanau, a town located near Frankfurt. Throughout his life, he experienced many interesting and eventful moments. Krammig was a truly talented and versatile individual - he worked as a journalist and was also a sportsman. He had the opportunity to accompany famous people such as Jimmy Hendrix and Pink Floyd. In addition to his professional pursuits, Krammig was also known for his compassion and willingness to help others. He aided those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and children from Chernobyl, Chechnya, and other countries."

Exactly 112 years ago, a rare natural phenomenon occurred in Abkhazia that became known in the country's history as "As du" or "Big Snow," dividing the country's history into "before" and "after."

ABAZA BİLGİ-BELGE PAYLAŞIM VE APSUARA GRUPLARININ ORTAK BİLDİRİSİDİR

Sakarya Kartvel Gürcü Laz Kültür Derneği’nin 19 Aralık tarihli ‘Abhazya Gürcistan’dır, Gürcistan Hepimizin!’ adlı yazısını okuduğumuzda çoğu zaman yaptığımız gibi ciddiye almayarak geçiştirmiştik. Ne de olsa sadece Gürcü milliyetçileri tarafından tekrarlanan ve hiç bir ciddi akademisyenin, tarihçinin önemsemediği hipotezlerin yeni bir tekrarından başka bir şey değildi. Yazdıkları ikinci yazıyı okuduğumuzda bu sefer en azından düşünmelerini sağlamak için bir cevap yazmanın gerekli olduğunu düşündük.

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Maurizia Jenkins. On behalf of the Abkhazian people, we extend our heartfelt sympathies to her loved ones at this difficult time. May she rest in peace.

She loved Abkhazia like no other foreign activists who, while conscientiously working here for years, nevertheless brought no heartfelt attachment to our tiny country. Her husband Richard Jenkins was the British ambassador to Georgia on the verge of millennium, and they arrived in Sukhum in 1998 - a colourful married couple, the one a two-metre tall, phlegmatic Brit permanently with pipe attached, the other a petite, energetic Italian lady dressed in bright clothes and ever shoulder-to-shoulder with her husband.