Archive - 2023

A meeting of the Council of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association is taking place in Pyatigorsk, in which a delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia is taking part. The Republic is represented by Chairman of the Legislative Body Alan Alborov and Chairman of the South Ossetian Parliament Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Zaza Dryaev, the press service of the Parliament reports.

On Friday in Tskhinval, were given the last honors to the volunteer Tamerlan Ostaev, perished heroically during the special military operation in Ukraine.

Hundreds of people came to express their condolences to Ostaev's family and friends, including representatives of the leadership of South Ossetia, headed by President of the Republic Alan Gagloev, the staff of the Republic's Defense Ministry of and the 4th military base.

The delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia, headed by Speaker Alan Alborov, will take part in the meeting of the Council of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association. The event will be held on January 13 in Pyatigorsk, the press service of the legislative body informs.

According to the press service, during the meeting, topical issues of interaction between the legislative bodies of members of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association will be discussed, as well as the activities of the state autonomous institution of additional education "Mashuk Knowledge Center".

The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of culture were discussed during a telephone conversation by the heads of the relevant ministries of South Ossetia and Abkhazia - Rada Dzagoeva and Daur Kove.

According to the press service of the RA Ministry of Culture, the ministers discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of culture.

Tskhinval highly appreciates the level of relations established between the foreign ministries of South Ossetia and Venezuela and aims to further intensify contacts and develop a constructive dialogue for the benefit of the two countries and peoples.

This is stated in the congratulatory message of Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev addressed to Ivan Gil Pinto on the occasion of his appointment to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela.

Festive services will be held at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tskhinval from January 6 to 8, the press service of the Alan Diocese reports.

On January 6, on Christmas Eve, the Royal Hours will be performed at 12.00, Great Compline will begin at 13.00, and Christmas Matins will begin at 22.00, and the Cross procession will take place at midnight, followed by the liturgy," the press service said.

They noted that on Saturday at 17.00 a vigil would take place, and on Sunday at 10.00 a liturgy.

In South Ossetia, January 6, 1991 entered the modern history of the Republic as "Bloody Christmas". This day was the beginning of Georgia's open military aggression against the South Ossetian people. On the night of January 6, the internal troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, supposed to maintain stability, removed their posts and went to the barracks without notifying the leadership of the Republic.

The presentation of the book "Nart Nameh" took place in Iran. It is reported by IrInform. The translation of the Nart epic into Farsi became possible thanks to the efforts of the translator Musa Abdullahi, the archaeologist Nazim Gijrati, and the philologist Tamerlan Kambolov.

As well as the director of the SEM publishing house Georgy Zoloev, the former Minister for Nationalities of North Ossetia Aslan Tsutsiev and the financial support of the ex-head of the republic Vyacheslav Bitarov.