South Ossetia is celebrating today the Constitution Day. The Basic Law of the State adopted by referendum on April 8, 2001, includes the constitutional system, rights, freedoms and duties of the citizens, as well as a system of power structures.
In Tskhinval have started the actions devoted to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Defence of South Ossetia and the Day of Defender of the Fatherland.
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia
Twenty-three years ago, November 23, 1989 on the outskirts of Tskhinval was stopped a march of tens of thousands of the Georgian extremists, organized by leaders of the nationalist movements, through complicity of the authorities of Georgia. The march to Tskhinval was aimed at intimidating the Ossetians that would have to be followed by their expulsion from the territory of South Ossetia. That plan of the Georgian nationalists was thwarted, however, those November days were a prologue to the long struggle of the people of South Ossetia for the right to life, liberty, and human dignity.
At the Theater Square of the South Ossetian capital today has taken place a military parade dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Republic. In front of the tribune with the leaders of South Ossetia and the visitors lined the stuff of the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior, Border Guard Agency, cadets and the servicemen of the fourth Russian military base and the Russian border guards.
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia
With regard to the fourth anniversary of the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation
August 26 the Republic of South Ossetia is celebrating the fourth anniversary of recognition of the independence of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation. This day in the modern history of the Ossetian people is a significant and turning point. The decision on the recognition of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia was motivated by years of national liberation struggle for self-preservation and realization of the rights of our people to national statehood since1989.
Celebrations timed to the Day of Russia's recognition of the independence of the Republic have started in South Ossetia.
The state awards presentation ceremony of citizens of South Ossetia, who made a significant contribution to strengthening the South Ossetian statehood, has been held today in Tskhinval.
Celebrations, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the entry of the Russian peacekeepers in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict - the Day of Peacemaker- will be held today in South Ossetia.
A solemn meeting of the public representatives -"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God"- will be held in the capital of the republic.
Today in South Ossetia three agencies are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their establishment.
The decision to establish the Ministry of External Affairs (now Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the Committee for State Security (KGB) and the Ministry of Information, Press and Publications (now the Committee for Information, Communications and Mass Media) was adopted at the session of the Supreme Council of South Ossetia, held on May 28-29,1992.
Genocide: as it was. 21 year later
Christmas of 1991 added a bloody page in the history of Ossetia.
January, 6, 1991 – is the beginning of the overt armed aggression of Georgia against the people of South Ossetia. On the night of January, 6 internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, which had had to support stability, without notice of the Republican leadership deserted their posts and went to the barracks. At 4 o'clock in the morning 3-thousand group of the Georgian militia among which there were the Georgian gunmen, criminals and addicts, amnestied the day before and disguised as militiamen, entered the town. They had considerable quantity of military equipment and dogs. Georgian "militia" occupied the central part of the town, blocked all roads and crossroads. Tortures, arrests, violence, murders, arsons began. In the afternoon of January, 6 the Georgian "militiamen" opened fire on the unarmed people. One man was killed, several were wounded. Their first victim became Kochiev Grisha Fedorovich, 32 years old, an inhabitant of Tskhinval, who under fire had covered his children with his body. The same night four persons were also wounded.
Today, on 23 July, is the 104th anniversary of the first Ossetian newspaper "Iron gazet". The Chairman of the State Committee for information, communication and media of the Republic of South Ossetia told journalists about the problems and perspectives of the work in this sector.
- 23 July is annually celebrated as the Day of Media in our Republic. Taking into account the recent tragedy killing our compatriots, we decided to postpone the event for a later date. I am running dew steps forward to say that we will be celebrating our media holiday wider and wider every year. Because, the contribution of journalists into the development of our Republic is immense, and so far, this input has not found due appreciation. This year, due to the reasons I have mentioned, we decided to limit the events only to the official part, that is to awarding of media representatives with state awards.