Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

In South Ossetia over the past weekend, 168 people have been tested for COVID-19; 35 tests showed a positive result, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, Marina Kochieva , told IA "Res" on Monday.

“35 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the Republic over the weekend, the total number of cases reached 2,740,” Kochieva said.

According to her, during the pandemic, 15008 tests have been done in the PCR laboratory of South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee .

Ministry of Education and Science of South Ossetia is preparing for publication a book, which will include the works prepared for the 100th anniversary of the genocide of the Ossetian people. As the Ministry of Education informed IA "Res", the editions will be published in the near future.

Sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia defused on Sunday a hand-held anti-personnel grenade discovered in the village of Khetagurovo by local residents, the emergency department's duty unit told IA "Res”

“The grenade was attached to a tree opposite the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Khetagurovo. There it was noticed by local residents, who turned to the Ministry of Emergency Situations,” the police station said.

A meeting of the expert council was held at the Ministry of Education of South Ossetia, during which the projects implemented within the framework of grants were heard, the press service of the Ministry told IA "Res".

"Since 2009, the Ministry of Education has been holding scientific competitions jointly with the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research , within the framework of which scientific projects of scientists from South Ossetia and the Russian Federation are financed," the press service said.

The decision of the Strasbourg court in the case "Georgia against Russia" provoked conflicting responses from interested parties, South Ossetian expert Yuri Vazagov told IA "Res". According to him, officials in Georgia hastened to announce a historic victory over Russia and the beginning of "a new stage in the struggle for de-occupation."

The European Court of Human Rights has finally, after long trials, delivered a verdict on Georgia’s lawsuit against Russia, which it filed after the aggression against South Ossetia in 2008, when Georgia was forced to peace as an aggressor, said Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev ...

The Committee on Youth Policy and Sports of South Ossetia plans to organize the first International Forum for creative youth this year. Deputy head of the Committee Valentina Gatikoeva announced this at a press conference in Tskhinval on the topic "Time chooses the young".

According to her, talented young people living both in the Republic and abroad will be able to take part in the event.

It is still difficult to comment on the ECHR ruling on Georgia's claim, since the judicial act was adopted only yesterday, and the reasoning part contains about three hundred pages, which requires careful study and analysis, said Inal Tasoev, Ombudsman for Human Rights under the President of South Ossetia.

Apparently, the European Court of Human Rights had to make an incredible effort to admit the obvious - that it was the Georgian troops who started the hostilities against South Ossetia in August 2008, and Russia was able to take decisive action to force the aggressor to peace, only after a lapse of days necessary for the urgent transfer of forces and means, said President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia announced another fact of a defector from Georgia.

"Recently, the State Security Committee has recorded numerous attempts to illegally cross the border with subsequent appeals of the violators to the authorities. So, on December 28, 2020, in the vicinity of the village of Akhmadz, Leningor district, the border authorities of the Republic detained a citizen of Georgia Beka Akakievich Parchukashvili, born in 1993, a resident of Tbilisi, "the press service of the Committee reports.