News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Turkmen officials learn about prison management in Turkey, with OSCE support
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
ANKARA, 30 November 2013 – High level representatives of law-enforcement bodies and the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan discussed best practices in prison management during an OSCE-supported working visit to Turkey that concluded in Ankara today...
OSCE supports public hearings in Kyrgyzstan on urban development, information security and electoral reform
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
A series of three OSCE-supported public hearings on topics of concern for people concluded on 30 November 2013 in Kyrgyzstan. The events took place in November in Bishkek and the cities of Karakol and Balykchy in Issyk-Kul province, and focused on information security, electoral reform, and urban socio-economic development...
OSCE promotes environmental awareness in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
TURKMENABAT, Turkmenistan, 29 November 2013 – A series of three national awareness-raising seminars on the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) concluded in Turkmenabat in south-east Turkmenistan today.
Afghan and Tajik border officers complete OSCE training-of-trainers course
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
DUSHANBE, 29 November 2013 – Twenty Afghan and Tajik border officers completed an OSCE ‘training-of-trainers’ course under the Patrol Programming and Leadership Project in Dushanbe today...
Combating oil pollution of Issyk-Kul Lake in focus at OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 29 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on oil pollution in Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake Issyk-Kul took place today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...
Border officials from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan trained on chemical precursors with OSCE support
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
DUSHANBE, 29 November 2013 The identification and seizure of chemical precursors that have the potential to be used by terrorists, insurgents and criminals to create explosives was the focus of a training course for border and customs officials that concluded in Dushanbe today...
OSCE organizes police training on prevention of domestic violence in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
GANJA, Azerbaijan, 29 November 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku conducted a regional training course today on the prevention of domestic violence for police officers. The event was organized by the OSCE Office in close co-operation with the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry...