South Ossetia

May 24, 2019 17:48

• South Ossetia decides to close border with Georgia during school leavers' parties

  The KGB of South Ossetia reports the decision to close border crossing points with Georgia for the period from May 24 to May 26 because of the enhanced security measures during the "Last Bell" celebrations at schools.

May 22, 2019 17:05

• South Ossetia: number of complaints about non-admission to elections reaches 13

  The Supreme Court (SC) of South Ossetia has upheld the refusal of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to register seven nominees for MPs; the claims of six other candidates have arrived at the SC. The voter turnout will be low, one of the candidates has suggested.

May 14, 2019 12:06

• Two residents of Georgian border village released in South Ossetia

  Vasily Patarkatsishvili and Dmitry Izergishvili, residents of the Kvemo Chugali village, located on the border with South Ossetia, were released, the State Security Service of Georgia reported.

May 11, 2019 19:49

• Two residents of Georgia detained on border with South Ossetia

  Armed people detained two residents of the Kaspi District, the Georgian State Security Service reported. According to eyewitnesses, the detained men were taken away in the direction of Tskhinvali.

May 08, 2019 14:29

• Georgian villager released in South Ossetia

  In South Ossetia, law enforcers handed over Amiran Meladze, a resident of the village of Kveshi, detained on suspicion of violating the border, to the Georgian authorities, the Georgian State Security Service reported on May 7. In May, the border regime will be strengthened, the KGB of South Ossetia announces.

May 06, 2019 18:06

• Georgian citizen detained on South-Ossetian border

  A resident of the village of Kveshi, located on the border with South Ossetia, was detained on May 5, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has reported today.

April 23, 2019 10:54

• Georgia reports release of border villager

  Gocha Fidiuri, a resident of the village of Medjvriskhevi, located on the border with South Ossetia, was released after paying a fine for violating the border and handed over to Georgian law enforcers.

April 12, 2019 08:23

• South Ossetia reports kidnapping border villager

  A resident of the village of Zardiantkar, located on the border with Georgia, was kidnapped right from his garden, the office of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement has reported.

April 05, 2019 10:39

• Russian and Georgian diplomats agree on failure of Geneva discussions

  The next round of Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia ended without result, since the Russian and Georgian delegations exchanged reproaches and put forward mutually unacceptable conditions.

March 22, 2019 08:33

• Georgian opposition criticizes idea of revising the format of Geneva discussions

  President Salome Zurabishvili's proposal to create an additional format of dialogue with Russia due to inefficiency of Geneva discussions is contrary to Georgia's interests, the country's opposition has stated.

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