News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE brings together Central Asian students in Kazakhstan to discuss regional security
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Countering violent extremism, promoting tolerance, improving regional security, and understanding migration trends and political ideologies are the topics of this year’s OSCE-supported Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) meeting in Almaty held from 3 to 5 September 2013...
‘Snow Leopards’ in Kyrgyzstan receive support from OSCE
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
On 4 September 2013 the OSCE Centre in Bishkek provided Kyrgyzstan’s Defence Ministry with an obstacle course for training anti-terrorism unit officers and donated equipment for mountain patrolling in Osh, Southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE trains police and prison administration to prevent extremism in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Some 50 prison and police officers of Kyrgyzstan’s State Penitentiary Service (GSIN) discussed on 4 September 2013 in Bishkek ways to prevent extremism and radicalization in prisons at an OSCE-supported training seminar...
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province of Tajikistan hosts its first International Economic Forum with OSCE support
Publishing date: 3 September 2013
The first International Economic Forum in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAO) of Tajikistan brought together international and local business representatives, as well as national policy makers from 30 to 31 August 2013 to discuss and promote economic opportunities of the region...
OSCE Chairperson pledges continued co-operation with Parliamentary Assembly, support for election observation
Publishing date: 30 August 2013
On 30 August 2013 the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara had a telephone conversation with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ranko Krivokapic. Leonid Kozhara reiterated a great importance that the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship attaches to the activities of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and stressed the readiness to continue close co-operation with this institution...
OSCE presents training centre for Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary service officials
Publishing date: 30 August 2013
A public presentation of an OSCE-supported training centre for the staff of Kyrgyzstan’s State Penitentiary Service (GSIN) took place in Bishkek on 30 August 2013...
ODIHR signs agreement to provide hate crime training for Montenegrin police
Publishing date: 29 August 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) signed an agreement with the Montenegrin authorities on 29 August 2013 to provide training to Montenegrin law-enforcement officers in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes...