At the briefing in Tskhinval South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev told about his participation in the 11th European Russian forum "The EU 2017 and the Russian Revolution of 1917: Lessons Learned," held in the European Parliament in Brussels.
According to the Foreign Minister, at the forum he delivered a report on the topic "South Ossetia-Russia: two and a half centuries of joint history".
South Ossetian diplomats at the 42nd round of the Geneva discussions again demanded to discuss the situation in Eastern Ossetia.
According to the report of the South Ossetian delegation, "the South Ossetian participants once again drew attention to the problem of threat to preservation of the Ossetian historical and cultural monuments in the territories of Eastern Ossetia which are under Georgia's control, where the expelled Ossetian population is not admitted."
Iran's Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai said his country's interest in establishing cooperation in the field of education and science with South Ossetia.
According to ossetia.news, the statement of the Iranian diplomat was made during the International Theoretical and Practical Conference "Iran and the North Caucasus: History and Prospects for Cooperation".
Citizens of South Ossetia cannot buy tickets for the 2018 FIFA World Cup because FIFA does not recognize the Republic, "told the Res news agency the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sport and Tourism Sergei Zasseev.
He has noted that the restrictions affected not only South Ossetia, but also Abkhazia, the Republic of Crimea, as FIFA does not consider it a part of Russia.
But, nevertheless, according to Zasseev, there is a way out.
President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov has met with the delegation of the Russian Federation led by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin who has arrived in the Republic to participate in the 18th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for Socio- Economic Cooperation between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation.
Anatoly Bibilov welcomed the guests, also congratulating them on the Constitution Day of the Russian Federation.
South Ossetian weightlifter Sarmat Ikaev performed at the WPC World powerlifting Championship in Moscow and won a gold medal. The athlete competed among juniors up to 23 years, in the weight group up to 125 kg.
As Ikaev himself has noted in the comment to "Res" agency, he took the first place, taking in the sum of triathlon 700 kg.
"Unfortunately, during the competition I received an injury and could not show everything I was preparing for. But, despite this, the coach appreciated my performance as quite successful", - Ikaev said.
The world opera star, the leading soloist of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater Veronika Dzhioeva presented a solo concert at the Moscow International House of Music. Veronika Dzhioeva has performed with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic", under the direction of the conductor Mikhail Yurovsky.
At the Svetlanov Hall of the House of Music, the opera diva has performed arias from the masterpieces of the world opera by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini and the operetta by Kalman.
South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev met with the Chairman of the presidium of the International Council of Russian Compatriots, rector of the Paris Russian Conservatoire named after Sergei Rachmaninov, a count Peter Sheremetyev.
A famous Ossetian opera singer Veronica Dzhioeva was included in the final list of nominees for one of the main music awards of Russia. As reported by ossetia.news, she will compete for the award in the nomination "The Vocalist of the Year in Classical Music".
Dzhioeva has been included in the top five for the performance of "Fly away on the wings of the wind" from the opera "Prince Igor". Among the nominees are also Anna Netrebko, Alexey Tatarintsev, Khachatur Badalyan, Hibla Gerzmava, MiyaGi & Endgame.
The meeting of the First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Tskhovrebov and the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic Farrukh Islomov was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia.