25/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - EU deems elections in Abkhazia illegal. On Sunday 24 August, the spokesperson for High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton criticised the “presidential elections” held in the breakaway region of Abkhazia in Georgia the same day. “We recall that the European Union does not recognise the constitutional and legal framework within which these elections have taken place”, Ashton's spokesperson stated, stating that...