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Young chess players from South Ossetia took the second place in the chess competition in the town of Teslic in the Republika Srpska, told the "Res" news agency the president of the RSO Chess Federation Georgy Shavlokhov.
He has specified that the competitions were held within the framework of the international chess festival "Slavic Brotherhood" in the Republika Srpska.
"The final stage of the festival will be held in Banja Luka," Shavlokhov said. "On the whole, our chess players are showing good results."

The final event "The Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe" was the round table "Bridges of Cooperation", held in Brussels.

Georgia is trying to impose a unilateral, distorted vision of the refugee problem in order to strengthen its territorial claims,said representatives of South Ossetia and Abkhazia following the results of the next round of the Geneva discussions.
The joint statement of the delegations of the two countries notes that for several years in a row the UN General Assembly has adopted the draft resolution introduced by Georgia on refugees and displaced persons from Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Representatives of South Ossetia at the next round of the Geneva discussions held on June 19-20, again raised the issue of returning a unique icon-triptych stolen from the National Museum of the RSO and now located in Georgia.
This is stated in the message of the South Ossetian delegation to the media.
In addition to the triptych, the delegation of South Ossetia again drew attention to the threat to preservation of historical and architectural monuments in East Ossetia.

New steps towards Georgia's integration into NATO and the creation of new Alliance infrastructure facilities in Georgia are of concern in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This is stated in a message to the media of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions.
As noted by representatives of the South Ossetian delegation, against the backdrop of Georgia's persistent refusal to commit itself to the non-use of force, the continuing rapprochement between Tbilisi and NATO is of particular concern.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Crimea Artem Maltsev.
The head of state has stressed that the processes that take place between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation and, in particular, the Republic of Crimea, give confidence that the interaction of these countries is reaching a higher level.
"The agreement that has been signed today between the chambers of commerce and industry of the two republics confirms this fact," - the president said.

In Tskhinval, has been signed acooperation agreement between the chambers of commerce of South Ossetia and the Republic of Crimea.
The document was signed by the presidents of the chambers of the two republics Alan Alborov and Artem Maltsev.
Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the RSO Roin Kozayev said that South Ossetia was working to expand the investment area.
"We are establishing close relations with the ministries and departments of the fraternal republics. I think the signing of today's cooperation agreement will further unite our nations, "Kozaev said.

On June 14, the Georgian Prosecutor General's Office in the case of Archil Tatunashvili accused two law enforcement officers of the Republic of South Ossetia and demanded that citizens of the RSO appear in the police department of the neighboring state.

According to the press service of the office of the Presidential Envoy, the South Ossetian delegation is headed by the authorized representative of the President of the RSO on post-conflict settlement issues Murat Dzhioev.
"On June 19, the delegation of South Ossetia held bilateral consultations with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions. Tripartite consultations of the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia with the delegations of the Russian Federation and Abkhazia were also held, "the message reads.

The questions of determining the legal status of the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in South Ossetia have been discussed today in Tskhinval at the meeting of President Anatoly Bibilov with the European Red Cross Coordinator for Europe and Central Asia Eric Daniel Bunnskog and the head of the ICRC mission to the RSO Ashot Astabatsyan.
According to the press service of the head of state, it was also discussed the cooperation of the Red Cross with the South Ossetian departments responsible for the social situation.