Cultural delegation of South Ossetia at the proper level represented the Republic in the XV International Festival of Artists "Peace to the Caucasus", being held September 6 - 9 in Anapa (Krasnodar region of Russia).
On the eve of the parliamentary elections the Georgian ruling party-National Movement - is obviously nervous. It has more than a good reason to fear that Bidzina Ivanishvili and his Georgian dream will wrest the initiative from Saakashvili. This may thwart the ruling power to transform Georgia from a presidential to a parliamentary republic with a strong prime minister, in the chair of which the president is seeing himself after the presidential election. On the one hand, it would provide continuity in the Georgian domestic and foreign policy, and on the other – it would exacerbate the last two years stagnation in various spheres of public life.
President of South OssetiaLeonid Tibilov has metwith members of thecommission on preparingfor celebrationof the Republic Dayon September 20. As the news agency "Res" has been reported by a presssecretary of the presidentGanaYanovskaya, "at the beginningof the meetingLeonid Tibilovnoted thaton September 20 South Ossetia would be celebrating the22-thanniversary of the proclamationof the Actof Independence.That day,according to the president, is one of the most significantfor theOssetian people, "- said Yanovskaya.