News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan’s officials in fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
BISHKEK, 31 May 2013- Developing the analytical skills of anti-terrorism personnel in Kyrgyzstan was the purpose of a one-week training course from that concluded today in Bishkek...
OSCE-supported public hearings in Bishkek highlight Kyrgyzstan’s electoral reform
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Reform of Kyrgyzstan’s election legislation was the topic of several OSCE-supported public hearings held in Bishkek on 31 May 2013...
Legal experts meet to discuss Kazakhstan’s legislative framework, with OSCE’s support
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
ASTANA, 31 May 2013 – Legal standards and practices ranging from criminal justice to administrative law topped the agenda of a conference held today in Astana to mark the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Legislation Institute...
Research on post-2014 Afghanistan challenges, regional security key topics for OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Academic research and debates on regional security issues, conflict management, and specific regional challenges following the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan in 2014 are key activity areas of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, said its Director Maxim Ryabkov in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 30 May 2013...
Series of OSCE border management training events ends in Turkmenistan today
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
ASHGABAT, 31 May 2013 – A series of five-day training courses for border officials and law enforcement officers on integrated border management techniques, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, ended with a final event in northern Turkmenistan today...
Tajik customs officials learn from Finnish experience in OSCE-organized study visit
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
A five-day study visit to Finland for senior customs and trade officials from Tajikistan ended in Helsinki on 31 May 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative presents analysis of draft media law to the authorities in Skopje, raises concern
Publishing date: 30 May 2013
BUDAPEST, 30 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern that the new draft Law on Media and Audiovisual Media Services would restrict media freedom in the country...