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South Ossetian athlete Soslan Gassiev will perform in the arm wrestling Junior European Championship to be held in Latvia in early May, 2013.

The bout of the Ossetian MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter Alan Gigolaev scheduled for April 12, 2013, was canceled due to refusal of his opponent to fight. According to the athlete, the fight was to be held in Atlanta (Georgia, USA) according to NFC (National Fighting Championship).

A round table discussion on the topic "Prospects for the revival of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in South Ossetia as a condition for democratic development of the Republic" was held in Tskhinval; it was attended by representatives of the South Ossetian NGOs.

Ossetian professional boxer, the WBC European champion in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev will hold the next title fight in late May, told the news agency "Res" a coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
"Kozaev will defend his title of the Slavic countries and the CIS champion, - said Slanov. - At the present time representatives of the promoter company "Ural Boxing Promotion", which is represented by Kozaev, are discussing the possibility of conducting a single combat with the Georgian boxer Georgy Ungadze. But there are also a number of alternative opponents for our athlete. "

The seventh session of the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) on socio-economic cooperation between South Ossetia and Russia will be held in Tskhinval on April 18-19, 2013. This decision was taken following a visit to South Ossetia by a working group of representatives of Russian ministries and agencies, led by Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev.

A specialized customs agency of the Federal Customs Service of Russia is planned to be established in South Ossetia, which will deal with customs clearance of goods transported through the Russian-South Ossetian border.
This was reported to the news agency "Res" by the Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the RSO Murat Tskhovrebov, commenting on the results of the meeting of representatives of the State Customs Committee of the RSO and Federal Customs Service of Russia, held the day before in Tskhinval.

Funding for the development of design estimates of the facilities that are expected to be included into the Investment program of South Ossetia in 2013 was discussed at a meeting of the Government of the Republic under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Rostik Khugaev.
The first part of the meeting was attended by President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov, who instructed members of the government to compile a list of facilities, construction and reconstruction of which were expected to be approved at the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia.

Prospects for the development of scientific and cultural relations between South Ossetia and Bulgaria were discussed by participants of the extended meeting of the Society of the South Ossetian-Bulgarian Friendship, held in the South Ossetian Research Institute.

The possibility of adopting a new Constitution of South Ossetia and the implications of the amendments to the Constitution of the Republic in 2001 have been discussed by the participants of the conference, "The Constitution of South Ossetia: the Past, the Present, the Prospects". The event is timed to the Constitution Day being celebrated today in South Ossetia.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov and Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Rashid Nurgaliev, who is in the Republic on a working visit, have gone today to Leningor district of South Ossetia, where they intend to become acquainted with the construction of infrastructure and social facilities.