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Nicolas Maduro's convincing victory in the presidential elections in Venezuela clearly demonstrated the national recognition of his merits to the country, the high trust of the people and support for his program aimed at developing the country and meeting the aspirations of the people. This is stated in the congratulatory address of the leader of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev to the newly elected President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela held presidential elections last Sunday. The country's authorities announced that the incumbent President Nicolas Maduro had won.

The Ossetian opera singer Amaga Gotti joined the jury of the XXXIII International Festival of Arts "Slavic Bazaar", held in Vitebsk. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow Ossetian Community.

For the first time, more than 7,000 participants from 33 countries were accredited to the International Festival.

According to Gotti, she was very pleased to be invited to the international judging panel of such a large-scale event.

South Ossetian Health Minister Thomas Dzhigkaev discussed the upcoming medical forum in Tskhinval with his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Murashko.

According to the press service of the RSO Health Ministry, the meeting took place at the Russian Health Ministry.

"During the meeting, the heads of the ministries discussed current issues in the healthcare sector and the upcoming medical forum in South Ossetia, which is scheduled for September 15-16," the press service has noted.

A conference was held at the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center (RMMC) of Tskhinval with the participation of leading specialists in the Bakulev cardiovascular surgery and the South Ossetian doctors.

The event was opened by Deputy Health Minister of the Republic Alena Pukhaeva.

On Thursday, the Embassy of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation took part in the farewell ceremony in connection with the death of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong. This was reported by the press service of the diplomatic mission.

The press service has noted that the Embassy staff left a note in the book of condolences regarding the death of Chong.

Editor-in-chief of the socio-political newspaper "South Ossetia" Zalina Tskhovrebova is participating in a round table in Pskov dedicated to interaction with compatriots abroad.

As reported to IA "Res" by Tskhovrebova, the event is taking place from July 23 to 28.

"Russian compatriots from different countries, journalists and representatives of the public exchange information about how and in what areas their interaction with the regions of the Russian Federation takes place, what prospects open up for compatriots thanks to such meetings," she said.

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.