Archive - 2018

Heads of the South Ossetian State University and the Donetsk National Medical University have discussed issues of postgraduate education at the meeting in Tskhinvali.
According to the rector of the DonNMU Grigory Ignatenko, the Donetsk high school guarantees high quality of preparation.
"We have discussed issues of postgraduate education with Vadim Tedeev. As the rector of the DonNMU, I will do my best to invite your entrants to various specialties and provide them with postgraduate education. For my part, I can guarantee the high quality of training ", - said Ignatenko.

Young chess players from South Ossetia are showing themselves worthily at the international chess festival "Slavic brotherhood "in the Republika Srpska.
According the President of the South Ossetian Chess Federation, in his interview with the "Res" news agency, South Ossetian chess players have already won their first victories in the tournament.
"The best results among our three players are shown by Elena Kotaeva, who has already won several victories," Shavlokhov said.

The grandiose international festival-contest "Origins" will be held in several cities of Turkey from June 22 to July 1. An opera singer from South Ossetia, the owner of a rare voice - dramatic soprano Amaga Gotti (Irina Gotoeva) will take part in the festival of Russian-Turkish friendship. Honored Artist of the RSO and the RNO-Alania, the owner of the title "Bella Voce" of the Italian Opera Competition, will represent South Ossetia as part of the Russian delegation.

Tourists from Germany and Austria have arrived in South Ossetia to get acquainted with the sights of the Republic. As the married couple from Germany said in an interview with the Res news agency, they were travelling all over the Caucasus and at the same time decided to visit South Ossetia.

The WBA and IBF first heavyweight world champion Murat (IRON) Gassiev cannot conduct other boxing matches before the WBSS final with Alexander Usik. This said in an interview with the news agency "Res" the coach of Gassiev Vitaly Slanov, commenting on the information in the media about a possible fight between the Ossetian boxer and the American Andrew Tabithi before meeting with Alexander Usik in the WBSS final.
"Murat has a contract with the organizers of the World Boxing Super Series. He cannot hold other fights before the finals - it's out of the question," Slanov said.

Ossetian boxer, the WBA and IBF first heavyweight world champion Murat Gassiev can enter the ring with the undefeated 28-year-old Andrew Tabiti before the WBSS finals.
As reported by Boxingtalk.com, in the negotiation process between the teams of Gassiev and Usik for the final fight of the World boxing super series, there were serious difficulties. Sources of the publication specify that the Russian side is tired of the protracted negotiations with the team of the Ukrainian champion, so Murat, most likely, will hold an interim fight.

The officers of OMON (special purpose police unit) of South Ossetia, killed in 1992 on the outskirts of Tskhinval, were honored by the leadership and officers of the OMON, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSO led by the Interior, Minister, General Igor Naniev.
As reported by the press service of the department, Igor Naniev, his Deputy, General Merab Pukhaev, the OMON commander, Colonel Igor Pliev and soldiers of the squad laid flowers at the monument to fallen riot policemen.

The South Ossetian examination gave a clear picture of the causes of death of the Georgian citizen, Archil Tatunashvili, said Yegor Kochiev, Deputy Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, after a meeting of participants of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms in Ergneti.

On behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation will continue working on the humanitarian demining of the territory of South Ossetia, the head of the Russian Emergency Department, Yevgeny Zinichev said at a meeting with his South Ossetian counterpart Alan Tadtayev.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev held a meeting with the new head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic Ashot Astabatsyan. This was reported by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of the RSO.
The main topics of the meeting concerned the work of the organization in South Ossetia for the near future.
During the meeting were discussed the issues related to the activities of the ICRC office in South Ossetia, the programs for the near future.