Emergency meeting in the format of Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI) at the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia was held by the fact that the Interior Ministry of Georgia had placed a police post in the village of Zardiantkari, which is a few hundred meters closer to the state border of South Ossetia, causing tension among the local population.
The grand opening of a new Embassy complex of the Russian Federation in South Ossetia has taken place in Tskhinval. The ceremony was attended by the RSO President Leonid Tibilov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev, head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov, the delegation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, representatives of the presidential administration and government of South Ossetia, the Russian embassy staff.
May 27 the "Days of the Ossetian Culture" were completed in Brussels (Belgium).
As IA "Res" has been informed by the Chairman of the non-commercial International Association «Renaissance Saendidzaen» («Revival») Radion Pukhaev, the event began on May 17 at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Brussels by holding the Round Table "The Bridges of Cooperation", which was attended by representatives of intelligentsia from Ossetia and the European countries.
The Zar tragedy of May 20, 1992. Witnesses' memories.
Zoya Bitarti, Candidate of Philology, an associate professor:
The Zar tragedy – is the day, which should be remembered by everybody. It was a mass extermination of the Ossetian people. There were children, old people, and women among the victims.
The Days of the Ossetian culture have started today in Brussels. This has been reported to IA "Res" by one of the organizers of the cultural program - the head of the International non-profit association «Renaissance Saendidzaen» Radion Pukhaev.
March 21 the Acting President of South Ossetia Vadim Brovtsev and the Russian Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin signed in Moscow a protocol of the meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on economic and social cooperation between the Republic of South Ossetia and Russia, which was held in early March. As reported to IA "Res" by the press service of the President and the government of South Ossetia, the issues of reconstruction and equipping the resuscitation unit of the Republican somatic hospital in Tskhinval have been discussed during the signing. "More than 60 million rubles were allocated for this purpose.
A meeting of the action group, nominating the parliament deputy of the first four convocations, coordinator of the Ossetian Popular Front Tarzan Kokoity as president of South Ossetia, has been held today in Tskhinval. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Central Election Committee. Representatives of t intelligentsia and the business community of South Ossetia have supported the candidacy of Tarzan Kokoity. The presidential aspirant thanked everyone for their support and trust. "Situation in South Ossetia is difficult.
A meeting of the initiative group for nominating the opposition representative, a deputy of IV-th convocation of the Parliament of South Ossetia, Sergei Zasseev in the upcoming presidential election in South Ossetia on March 25, was held in Tskhinval, January 25. As reported to IA "Res" by Sergei Zasseev, the meeting was attended by representatives of the Central Election Committee.
Employees of the Tskhinval office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has wished the residents of the nursing home "Care" in Tskhinval happy New Year and presented them with gifts. The elderly, infirm and lonely people, living in the "Care", which is located uptown, have found themselves there by the will of fate. But they were very happy to meet the unexpected guests and with trembling hands took the gifts from the ICRC delegates, thanking them for their help and attention.
Today 500 head of cattle have been delivered to South Ossetia from the Republic of Kalmykia. As reported to IA "Res" by the Acting Minister for Economic Development of South Ossetia Batradz Parastaev, selection of animals was carried out by the South Ossetian farmers jointly with the agricultural department of the Ministry of Economic Development of South Ossetia.