This year marks exactly 30 years since the national movement began to show itself more actively in Georgia in 1988 - numerous informal organizations that sought to dismantle the socialist system, to tear the GSSR away from the USSR and to introduce Georgia into the structures of the Common Market and NATO.
The first Deputy Head of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia, Andrei Tskhovrebov, awarded the President Anatoly Bibilov`s award to the Nicaraguan diplomat. During the meeting at the Embassy of the RSO in the Russian Federation with Juan Ernesto Vázquez Araya in connection with the completion of his diplomatic mission as the Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to the Republic of South Ossetia, Tskhovrebov highlighted the personal contribution of Juan Araya to the process of strengthening friendly relations and interaction between the two countries.
President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, during a meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions, confirmed the firm position of the Republic aimed at a peaceful and civilized solution of all existing issues, said Foreign Minister of the RSO Dmitry Medoev in a comment to the news agency "Res".
The Georgian authorities are raising unsubstantiated versions of the death of Archil Tatunashvili, said the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev at a briefing in Tskhinval.
"We informed the IPRM participants why Tatunashvili had been detained, and what happened to him later," - Dzhioev said. - "However, the Georgian authorities and public organizations in Georgia, aggravating the situation, are voicing unsubstantiated versions of Tatunashvili's death, appealing to the international community."
A well-known British journalist and blogger Graham William Phillips made a new film - "Two weeks in South Ossetia". This is reported by "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
Graham said that soon a documentary could be seen on his YouTube channel.
"After the movie "Briton in the Crimea" in English, I'm happy to say that my next feature-length film will be again in Russian. The film is called "Two weeks in South Ossetia", the journalist said.
On the South Ossetian-Georgian border near the village of Ergneti was held a regular meeting in the format of Mechanisms on prevention and reaction to incidents (MPRI). According to the press service of the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, on the pre-set agenda, 11 issues were supposed to be discussed, mainly related to the situation in the area of the South Ossetian-Georgian border.
President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov has received a delegation of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for North Caucasus Affairs, headed by Deputy Head of the department Igor Koshin.
According to the President, the country's leadership faces many good ambitious goals aimed at improving people's wlfare, developing infrastructure, healthcare, and education.
President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov and first Deputy Defense Minister of Abkhazia Beslan Tsvizhba discussed issues of cooperation between the two countries, and also noted the contribution of South Ossetian volunteers in the Patriotic War of Abkhazia against the Georgian aggression.
A group of mountaineers-skiers from Catalonia and Andorra made a decision to come to South Ossetia after the reports that the Republic can recognize the independence of Catalonia. This was reported to the information agency "Res" by the head of the group of representatives of the club "Himalaiaski" Chevy Ekslyas.
A solemn meeting dedicated to the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland and the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Defense Ministry of South Ossetia was held in Tskhinval.
The event began with the solemn entry of the flag under the hymn of the Republic.
President of the Republic, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Abkhazia, the Donetsk People's Republic came to congratulate the servicemen on the holiday.