The armed forces of South Ossetia are not conducting any maneuvers near the border villages of Znaur district. This has been reported to IA "RES" by the press service of Defense Ministry of South Ossetia, commenting on the Georgian media information about the shooting near the border villages of Okona, Khaebaelata (South Ossetia) and Knolevi (Georgia).
Thesecurity, defence and law enforcement agencies of South Ossetia have denied the information of the Georgian media about the shooting near the border villages of Okona, Khaebaelata (South Ossetia) and Knolevi (Georgia).
President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has received today in Tskhinval the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of South Ossetia Hugo Jose Garcia Hernandez.
The range of the consular services to the Russian citizens provided by the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia was expanded since the beginning of August, 2012.
As reported IA "Res" by the head of the consular department of the Embassy of Russia in South Ossetia Tamerlan Zaseev, "now, when replacing the passport, the Russian citizens have a choice – to get an old common civil passport or a common civil passport of a new generation, known also as the biometric".
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of South Ossetia Hugo Jose Garcia Hernandez has arrived in South Ossetia. In Tskhinval the ambassador was received by the RSO Foreign Minister David Sanakoev.
At the beginning of the meeting the Foreign Minister of the Republic greeted the guests on the soil of South Ossetia.
August 16 South Ossetia is expecting the visit of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of South Ossetia Hugo Jose Garcia Hernandez.
A friendly match between the national football team of South Ossetia and the Serbian national football team from Kosovo has been held at the Republican stadium named after Guram Tskhovrebov in Tskhinval. The Serbian side was represented by a team- the winner of the mini-football tournament annually held in Serbia in memory of the 17-year-old Serb Dmitry Popovich killed by the Albanian gunmen.
The Russian government delegation led by Deputy Minister of Regional Development of Russia Sergei Vereshchagin continues its work in South Ossetia.
Today, representatives of the Russian ministries and departments went to Leningor district where they were inspecting the socio-economic facilities, studying the economic situation in the district for the upcoming program of socio-economic development of South Ossetia.
An exhibition of photographs related to the Republic of South Ossetia has opened in the Slovak Republic. The exhibition is organized within the frames of cooperation between the People's Party youth wing of South Ossetia under the chairmanship of Michael Kochiev and the Association of Slovak Youth led by Slavomir Yanchok.
President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has congratulated the tripleOlympic champion, the world-renowned Ossetian freestyle wrestler Arthur Taymazov on his victory at the Olympic Games in London.