In 2014 in South Ossetia will be completed the phase of reconstruction of housing and infrastructure destroyed during the Georgian aggression in August 2008, stated the President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov at a press conference on the results of the actions of the leadership in the past year.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov summed up the results of the year 2013 during a press conference in Tskhinval. According to him, this year for the Republic was challenging and eventful.
In the capital of South Ossetia was summed up the work of the Media Center "Ir" for 2013. The event was attended by representatives of the media and public organizations. In the beginning of the event, President of the Media Center "Ir" Irina Gagloeva, summing up the year noted that the Media Center had coped with the tasks set in the beginning of the year.
Parliament of South Ossetia during today's meeting adopted the Law on the State Budget for 2014. The bill, tabled by Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Taxes Vadim Tskhovrebov caused a number of observations of deputies. In particular, MPs expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the document did not include funds for the treatment of the citizens of South Ossetia in medical institutions outside the Republic.
South Ossetian Parliament ratified an intergovernmental agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on cooperation in the provision of specialized, including high-tech, health care, as well as the provision of medicines.
A citizen of South Ossetia Boris Turashvili, convicted in Georgia on trumped -up charges, went on a hunger strike. As reported to journalists Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, Turashvili had been convicted in January 2010 for the long term.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov received the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Fayzullin, who arrived in the Republic on a working visit. As stated by the press service of the President and the Government of South Ossetia, the meeting was also attended by First Deputy Prime Minister of South Ossetia Domenty Kulumbegov and Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of South Ossetia Eduard Dzagoev.
South Ossetian Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia Murat Dzhioev summarized for mass media representatives the results of the December 17-18 round of Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia. Reminding that the main purpose of the discussions is to develop the agreements on the non-use of force by Georgia against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the envoy has noted that the Georgian delegation once again tried to steer the conversation into the direction of Georgian-Russian relations which are not the subject of discussion in Geneva.
Moscow hosted the meeting of the joint working group of South Ossetia and Russia on the development and monitoring the implementation of the Investment program to support socio-economic development of South Ossetia. As reported in an interview with journalists the First Deputy Prime Minister of South Ossetia Domenty Kulumbegov the meeting had been held in Moscow on December 19-21.
During a working meeting with heads of ministries and agencies President Leonid Tibilov instructed the Pension Fund to find means for a lump-sum payment of thousand rubles to pensioners of the Republic of South Ossetia for the New Year.
The President also heard the information about the results of the trip to Moscow of the working group consisting of the Head of Presidential Executive Office Boris Chochiev, First Deputy Prime Domenty Kulumbegov, Minister of Construction and Architecture Eduard Dzagoev and Minister of Finance Aza Khabalova.