News and press releases

ASTANA, Kazakhstan 12 June 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on developing national legislation on access to information took place today in Astana...

BISHKEK, 12 June 2015- OSCE Centre in Bishkek jointly with Internews Kyrgyzstan and Development Alternatives Inc, organized series of trainings for Kyrgyz broadcast and print journalists across the country to support their professional development ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for 2015...

The examination and detection of people, cargo and vehicles at the border was the focus of a five-day workshop which ended on 12 June 2015 in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit at the request of the Ministry of Justice of Mongolia...

The OSCE Mission to Skopje announced on 12 June 2015 the winners of the Essay Competition on the “Role of the OSCE in today’s world”...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA / VIENNA, 11 June 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, have expressed concern over the attack early this morning on the offices of the KoSSev news portal in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North...

The use of online technologies for visa facilitation was the focus of a regional expert roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, on 10 and 11 June 2015 in Istanbul.

Kyrgyz Diplomatic Academy under the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Kyrgyzstan, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, is hosting the regional summer school for junior diplomats entitled “Diplomacy of the 21st Century: Central Asia in the Context of Globalization” in Issyk-Kul, northern Kyrgyzstan, from 7-17 June 2015...