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The South Ossetian Parliament instituted a medal "In Commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of Victory in the Patriotic War". The question was submitted to the Presidium by the head of the Committee on Legislation, Legality and Local Self-Government Zita Besaeva.

Speaker of the Parliament Alan Margiev has reminded that last year marked 15 years since the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, having emphasized that this is the most important date in the history of the Republic.

On the border of South Ossetia with Georgia, since the previous meeting within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms, no violations have been recorded by the Georgian police and the European Union Observer Mission, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the meetings within the IPRM, Egor Kochiev, told reporters.

He has noted that the past period was quite calm - there were a minimum of violations of the state border, as well as the detentions.

On the border of South Ossetia with Georgia, in the village of Ergnet, another meeting is being held within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) format.

The meeting will traditionally discuss security issues, statistics of border violations since the last meeting within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms.

The South Ossetian delegation will once again raise the issue of removing the illegal Georgian police post in the village of Uista from the territory of the Republic.

The South Ossetian mass media celebrate their professional holiday on July 23, which is associated with the publication of the first Ossetian newspaper “Iron Gazet” in 1906.

The publication, issued more than a century ago - on July 23 in Vladikavkaz, became the starting point for the development of national media.

The first circulation of “Iron Gazet” was 500 copies; readers could get acquainted with new publications on its pages twice a week.

National Media Day is celebrated in South Ossetia since July 23, 1996.

On Monday, First Deputy Prime Minister Alan Dzhioev met with the specialists from the A. N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery of the Russian Health Ministry.

According to the government press service, the specialists arrived in the Republic on a working visit in order to provide advisory assistance to citizens of the Republic within the framework of the previously reached agreements.

Alan Dzhioev expressed gratitude to the guests, having noted that the South Ossetian side is counting on effective interaction.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev, sent congratulatory messages to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrant Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Faisal Al-Miqdad, and to Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to Russia, Mr. Bashar Al-Jaafari, on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reports.

At the invitation of the House of Latin America The Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia took part in a large-scale festival dedicated to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The South Ossetian designer, Honored Artist of the Republic of South Ossetia Khokh Bekoev took the 2nd place in a unique fashion show within the framework of the project “Russia - Latin America: design across continents.”

For the costume contest, the designer has prepared a collection, the source of inspiration for which was the place in Peru where the Inca gold is hidden.

On July 20, 2010, important agreements were signed in the city of Managua, marking the beginning of cooperation between South Ossetia and Nicaragua.

The signing of a number of documents became the basis for further strengthening of political, economic and cultural ties between the two states.

Thanks to the agreements, citizens of both countries were able to travel freely without the need for visas, as well as develop trade and economic relations.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev met with the Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres. The meeting took place on July 20 as part of the Minister’s working visit to Nicaragua.

A capsule laying ceremony for the construction of the School of Arts building took place in Tskhinval.

The capsule was laid by President Alan Gagloev and Minister of the Chechen Republic for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information Akhmed Dudaev.

The head of state greeted those present, having reminded that quite recently the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov provided enormous assistance to the security forces of South Ossetia.