Archive - 2010

On October 28, a quadrilateral meeting of the working groups under the Geneva Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) will be held in the village of Ergneti at the borderline between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia.
As the head of the South Ossetian delegation Merab Chigoev told IA RES, representatives from Georgia, Russia and the EU would also attend the meeting.
It is worth reminding that the the last fifth meeting at the borderline Georgian village of Ergneti was held October 22, 2009.

The Prime Minister of South Ossetia Vadim Brovtsev held a meeting with the government to discuss issues related to distribution of Russian financial aid to the Republic in 2010.
According to Brovtsev, in the near future a meeting of Russian-South Ossetian intergovernmental commission would take place in Tskhinval to discuss and approve the distribution of funds.

A round table to mark the 10th anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women's rights was held in Tsakhinval. The round'table was organized by the non-governmental organization "Women's Association of South Ossetia for democracy and human rights." The roundtable was attended by members of the government and parliament of South Ossetia, intellectuals and the public of South Ossetia, as well as journalists.

The Georgian leadership has once again misinformed its citizens regarding the outcome of the last 13 round of Geneva talks, says the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the Geneva discussions Boris Chochiev.
As the press service of the South Ossetian President's Plenipotentiary reports, the Georgian Foreign Ministry released a statement where the Georgian side announced its "heroic success".
"The Georgian authorities have no support among their people and, being afraid to tell the truth, they tried to present a wishful state of affairs", the press service quotes the official.
"The statement is aimed at misinforming the Georgian people. We could have expected this, since the Georgian delegation to the Geneva discussions failed to defend any of the issues discussed. The representative of Saakashvili regime, one of the authors and developers of the plan "Clear Field", Bokeria and members of his team, when they had nothing else to say in response to the South Ossetian side's readiness to return residents of Leningor district of South Ossetia to their homes, showed their protest and ostentatiously walked out. By doing so, they showed that Georgia does not care about the fate of refugees, and for them it is an opportunity to manipulate the refugee problem for political ends ", says Boris Chochiev.

The Head of South Ossetian President's Administration Arsen Gagloev introduced to the staff of the Ministry of Economic Development the newly appointed Minister. Konstantin Koliev, former Chairman of the Committee on Taxes and Dues of South Ossetia, was appointed as the Minister. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the Republic Eduard Kokoity.
Arsen Gagloev noted that the Ministry of Economic Development had a lot of problems.

Representatives of South Ossetia voiced their disapproval in Geneva over the withdrawal of Russian border troops from Perevi, while other Co-chairs of the Geneva discussions welcomed the move, Boris Chochiev, the South Ossetian President's Plenipotentiary for Post-Conflict Settlement reported.
As Chochiev noted "the relocation of the checkpoint was premature, although the territory of Perevi does not fall under the boundaries of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast."
As a result of the withdrawal of Russian troops from Perevi, in the absence of roads the South Ossetian village of Kardzman appeared to be cut off from South Ossetia.

The Parliament of South Ossetia approved at today's session the candidacy of Atsamaz Bichenov, former Minister of Justice, as the Chairman of the Supreme Court. This nomination was made by the Chairman of the committee on legislation, law and local governance Amiran Dyakonov.
According to Dyakonov, while working in the various positions, Bichenov has proved to be a good worker.
"He is one of the leading specialists in South Ossetia in the field of law", stressed Dyakonov.

Shortage of drinking water is caused by the cut-off at the open water reservoir in the village of Dzomag at Edis-Tskhinvali water pipeline, which supplies the South Ossetian capital with potable water, reported the Director General of the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) "Energoresours" - South Ossetia Alan Gabaraev.

The Committee on National Policy, Culture, Education, Sience, Religion and the Media of the Parliament of South Ossetia plans to bring up for discussion by MPs the the draft laws on the state language and Ossetian family names, Mira Tskhovrebova, the Committee Chairman, Vice-Speaker of the Parliament, told IA "Res".
"We have already suggested the draft laws on language and family names for a public debate and have held parliamentary hearings. Now the projects will be considered by members of the presidium of the Parliament, and later in the session. Each participant to the discussion may make comments, and if we believe these comments reasonable and necessary, then the laws will be amended ", said Tskhovrebova.

The construction of power supply line to Leningor District of South Ossetia has been completed, reported the Head of the District Administration of Leningor Alan Jussoev.
According to him, the population in more than 60 villages of the district are now connected to electricity.
"Electricity is supplied to more than 60 villages across the district inhabited by mixed Georgian-Ossetian population. Whereas previously the electricity in the area came from Georgia, now the whole area is entirely in the South Ossetian power supply network", said Jussoev.