News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports seminar on countering violent extremism and terrorism
Publishing date: 3 October 2013
A three-day seminar on countering violent extremism and terrorism began in Atyrau in Kazakhstan on 3 October 2013. The event was organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana in co-operation with the Prosecutor General’s Office Institute...
Eurasian security challenges discussed at OSCE Centre-supported conference in Almaty
Publishing date: 3 October 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 October 2013 – More than 70 government officials, academics, diplomats and representatives of international and non-governmental organizations discussed how OSCE can contribute to the implementation of the concept of the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community at a conference in Almaty today...
OSCE parliamentarians to gather in Montenegro for debates on Syria, transnational threats and human rights
Publishing date: 3 October 2013
COPENHAGEN, 3 October 2013 – Nearly 200 parliamentarians from 50 countries have registered for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's 2013 Autumn Meeting, to be held in Budva, Montenegro, on 13-15 October, hosted by the Parliament of Montenegro.
OSCE holds workshop in Uzbekistan to promote renewable energy in Central Asia
Publishing date: 3 October 2013
TASHKENT, 3 October 2013 – An OSCE-organized regional workshop on best practices in promoting renewable energy started today in Tashkent. Officials and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan shared their experiences and discussed their daily work with experts from Georgia, Norway, Spain and Sweden...
OSCE Chair’s Special Representative, in Armenia, encourages gender equality promotion
Publishing date: 2 October 2013
YEREVAN, 2 October 2013- The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, June Zeitlin, during her visit to Armenia concluding today discussed the implementation of Armenia’s commitments to promote gender equality, improve women’s political and public participation, and address domestic violence...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports anticorruption training seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 October 2013
Some 25 high- and mid-level experts from the Interior Ministry, National Security Committee, Financial Police, Prosecutor General’s Office and Customs Control Committee of Kazakhstan are participating in a two-day national training seminar on preventing and combating corruption, taking place in Almaty from 3 to 4 October 2013...
