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On November 26, the Russian State Duma has ratified Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments, says the the official website of the State Duma.
The document was signed on 1 December 2009 to create international legal conditions and guarantees for business and investment activities of the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia.

The number of unemployed persons having applied to the Department of Labor and Employment within the Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of South Ossetia for the second quarter of 2010 reached 2,077 people, reported the Head of the Department Nonna Mkrtchyan.
According to her, unemployment has affected nearly all sectors of society.
"People with both higher and secondary education come to find a job. There are still less job vacancies than the unemployed registered. According to the report as of 15 September 2010, our registry contained data on 2,077 people, and there 526 job vacancies. These proportions do not cover the needs of all", said Mkrtchyan.

Combat engineers of the Ministry of Defence of South Ossetia are destroying unusable ammunition. As the press service of the Defense Ministry reports to IA "Res", unusable munitions are transported to a special shooting range of the MoD to be disposed there.
"The unexploded ordnances found on the territory of the Republic after the hostilities in August 2008 are also disposed there ", reports the Defense Ministry.
It was also noted that the explosions would be made daily until 4 December.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia comments on the report of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek to the OSCE Permanent Council

On November 3, 2010, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities paid a visit to South Ossetia. During his visit, Mr. Vollebaek met with officials of the Republic of South Ossetia, ethnic communities, also visited Leningor district.

According to press service of the KGB of South Ossetia, 25 November afternoon during demarcation work in the villages of Pris and Argvits (Tskhinval district) near the borderline between South Ossetia and Georgia, residents of the Georgian village of Ditsi (Georgia) tried to prevent the work of demarcation group.
"Around ten residents of the Georgian village Ditsi came close to the state border and demanded to stop the work, allegedly because the territory belongs to their village. Since there was no border crossing on either of the sides, the demarcation group continued its work, paying no attention to the villagers shouting ", KGB reported.

Comment by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Murat Dzhioev to News Agency, "Res" in connection with the speech of the President of Georgia in the European Parliament.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of South Ossetia is active valid for already eight years. During this time, it has been promoting business in the Republic, supporting entrepreneurs and commercial organizations. Roin Kozaev, the CCI Chair, told IA RES about the work being done by CCI of South Ossetia to establish effective collaboration between business and government, its goals and objectives, as well as the problems the Chamber faces.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Murat Dzhioev sent a letter to the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mr. Kanat Saudabayev with copies to Secretary General of OSCE
Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Audronius Ajubalisu.
The letter reads:
"The OSCE over the years, starting from 1992, participated in the process of peaceful settlement of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. However, another full-scale military aggression by Georgia against South Ossetia in August 2008, accompanied with cruel violence by Georgian forces against the peaceful population of South Ossetia, nullified the efforts made within the peace process. Only the operation on forcing the aggressor to peace held by the Russian Federation prevented graver consequences of the criminal venture of the Georgian authorities and broke down their plans to make South Ossetia a ''clear field''.

In relation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly resolution "On the situation in Georgia"

The adopted 16 November 2010 NATO Parliamentary Assembly resolution, in which the territory of South Ossetia is called an "occupied Georgian territory," is another attempt to give a false understangin of the realities in the region, having biasly distorted them. The Republic of South Ossetia is a sovereign, recognized state and its territory cannot be regarded as "occupied Georgian territory", and its existence as a violation of someone else's "territorial integrity ".

The development of civil society in order to achieve civil consent is a priority for the Office of Domestic Policy (ODP) of the Republic of South Ossetia. The development of South Ossetia as a dynamic, modern state with the highest standards of living is possible only through increased involvement of human potential upon the condition of civil society development.
The program of development of civil society of South Ossetia in 2009-2011 is designed to implement the directions of the development of the Republic of South Ossetia indicated in the Address of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia to the people of the Republic of 26.12.2008.