Archive - 7/2012

A soloist of the Bolshoi, Mariinsky and Novosibirsky Theatres, the world opera star Veronica Dzhioeva will give a solo concert in the capital of South Ossetia. The organizers of the concert are:a charitable foundation "Farank", the Sochi Ossetian national-cultural non-governmental organization "Alania" and the Council of the Moscow Ossetian community with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia.
As reported to IA "Res" by one of the organizers of the concert, a stage director Tamerlan Dzutstsev, the concert will take place July 17 in the government large conference hall.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in connection with placing the Georgian police post in the village of Zardiantkari

June 29, 2012 the Interior Ministry of Georgia placed a police post a few hundred meters closer to the state border of South Ossetia- in the village of Zardiantkari (Georgia), which is located opposite the South Ossetian village of Khelchua. This caused great tension among the people of the Ossetian nationality, living in this village.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia is expressing its concern by the desire of the Georgian side at any price to destabilize the situation in the immediate vicinity of the border. Georgia's military build-up, aggressive rhetoric of its leadership against South Ossetia, the constant provocations in the border areas indicate that the Georgian authorities continue to focus on deliberate escalation of the situation and are harboring revenge plans.

Part of the population of the village of Zardiantkari (Georgia) will leave their homes if the Georgian Interior Ministry in the near future does not take away the police post, placed there last Saturday.
This was stated by President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov at a meeting with the heads of security agencies.
"The Post was placed on Saturday, for two days it was strengthened by joining about 30 servicemen. Residents of this village are mostly Ossetians and about eight families left the village. They appealed to us for help in resolving this situation, "- said the head of the state.

Chief Editor of the South Ossetian republican socio-political newspaper "South Ossetia" Zalina Tskhovrebova will take part in the World Media Summit "Global Media: Challenges of the XXI century."
As reported to IA "Res" by Tskhovrebova herself, the event will be held July 4 -7 in Moscow.
"At the upcoming summit in Moscow will be discussed the most topical issues, which concern journalists of all countries. That is the questions of the future world media, the mission of the media in today's dynamic world, the relationship of new and traditional media and promotion of ideas of social and professional responsibility in the media, "- said Tskhovrebova.

Students from South Ossetia took part in the International Youth Forum, "Water and World Heritage", which took place in the All-Russian Children's Center "Eaglet". As reported to IA "Res" by the head of the South Ossetian delegation Inna Zubko, a forum was held under the auspices of UNESCO within the framework of the 36th World Heritage Committee.

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.