News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Legislative drafting skills focus of OSCE-supported course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 31 August 2012
ASHGABAT, 31 August 2012 – Instructors from the Civil Service Academy under the President of Turkmenistan and law faculty of Magtymguly State University participated in an OSCE-organized training course on legislative drafting that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE trains customs and border officers in Turkmenistan on maritime border control procedures and security management
Publishing date: 20 July 2012
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, 20 July 2012 – An OSCE-supported training course on innovative land and maritime border control procedures and security management mechanisms concluded in Turkmenbashi, a city on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast, today...
OSCE-supported roundtable discussion addresses interagency co-operation in combating illicit drugs
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
ASHGABAT, 13 July 2012 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on mechanisms for effective co-operation between police and drug enforcement agencies in the area of illegal drug apprehension procedures concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar on domestic violence for law enforcement officials in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 June 2012
ASHGABAT, 29 June 2012 – More than 25 representatives from Turkmenistan participated today in Ashgabat in an OSCE-organized seminar on good law-enforcement practices in preventing and addressing domestic violence...
OSCE organizes election visit to France for Turkmenistan officials
Publishing date: 15 June 2012
Five members of Turkmenistan’s Central Election Commission and Mejlis (Parliament) discussed practices in organizing and conducting parliamentary elections during a working visit to France that concluded on 11 June 2012...
OSCE supports workshop on cross-border gas trade in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
ASHAGABAT, 1 June 2012 – Energy diplomacy and key principles and concepts of cross-border gas trade were the topics of an OSCE-supported workshop that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes visits to Estonia and Netherlands on handling individual complaints
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
ASHGABAT, 31 May 2012 – Representatives of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan completed today an OSCE-organized visit to Estonia and the Netherlands on practices in processing individual human rights complaints and communications...