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The Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe have started, which will be held from 19 to 30 June

The head of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Medoev is taking part in the anniversary events of the Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe, which for several years annually are held by the international non-profit association Renaissance-Saendidzaen (Belgium) headed by Radion Pukhayev, the official website of the Foreign Ministry reports.

Syria’s recognition of South Ossetia’s independence was a serious political event, said the Republic President Anatoly Bibilov.

"It was very important for South Ossetia, because many people in the world said that Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela recognized us and everything ended there. And when the Syrian Arab Republic recognized us, many of our enemies startled, wondering how such a serious state recognized the independence of South Ossetia, "the head of state said in an interview with Syrian media.

Foreign media journalists made a press tour to the Republic of South Ossetia. An excursion around the Republic was organized for them, the journalists visited educational and cultural facilities, got acquainted with the traditions and history of the Ossetian people. In addition, they managed to interview the President of the Republic, Anatoly Bibilov.

Ruslan Tedeev became the owner of the belt of world champion according to the “Old Guard “organization, reports the "15th Region".

In the fight for the title, Tedeev defeated Georgian rival Shalva Mamakashvili.

The battle took place as part of the Coliseum - Battle of Champions 6 tournament held in Moscow. In 2018, Ruslan Tedeev won the Fight Nights Global 91 tournament in Moscow, where he defeated his rival Arsen Batyrov by chokelock in the first round.

A team of the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in the framework of the XXX All-Russian Olympic Day, took part in the football tournament of the teams of Diplomatic Representations accredited in Russia.

The opening ceremony was attended by the head of the Olympic Committee of Russia Sergey Pozdnyakov, Minister of Sports of Russia Pavel Kolobkov, the heads of diplomatic missions, eminent athletes, etc.

The past parliamentary elections in South Ossetia showed that the overwhelming majority of voters in the Republic had chosen a political force that favors the unification of two Ossetia, said Anatoly Bibilov, President of the Republic.

“The political forces that are in favor of ensuring that South Ossetia is developing as an independent state have not get a large number of votes, the majority voted for United Ossetia. The party has once again proved that it has significant support of the society,” said the head of South Ossetia.

The co-chairs of the International discussions on security in Transcaucasia expect positive developments on the document on the non-use of force by Georgia against South Ossetia at the next round. This was reported to journalists in Tskhinval by the EU Co-Chair Toivo Klaar following a meeting with the South Ossetian colleagues.

President Anatoly Bibilov met with participants of the 1st Russian-Ossetian Youth Forum - representatives of young people from South Ossetia, Russia, the DPR, the LPR, Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, Abkhazia, Artsakh, the press service of the head of state reports.

In his welcoming speech, the President stressed the importance of communication and networking between young people from different countries.

The governments of St. Petersburg and South Ossetia in autumn intend to sign an agreement on cooperation in the trade, economic, scientific, technical and humanitarian spheres, Chairman of the Government Eric Pukhaev said.

It should be noted that the South Ossetian delegation took part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

According to the press service, “preliminary cooperation agreements between our governments were reached at the SPIEF site,”. At the moment, the parties are preparing a draft agreement, which, presumably, will be signed this fall.”

A briefing for journalists with participants of the first Russian-Ossetian Youth Forum was held in Tskhinval.

The guests of the Republic, sharing their impressions, have noted that in South Ossetia there is a beautiful nature, a rich history and hospitable, welcoming people.

A member of the youth policy committee of the Republic of Abkhazia, Vladimir Jojua, says that he is feeling as at home in fraternal South Ossetia.