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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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
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...
Turkmenistan officials discuss best practices in prison management on OSCE-supported visits to Denmark and Norway
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
ASHGABAT, 25 May 2012 – Five senior officials from Turkmenistan’s law-enforcement bodies participated in an OSCE-organized working visit to Denmark and Norway on prison management that concluded in Oslo today...
OSCE Centre organizes lectures on modern media for journalism students in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Education, Media freedom and development
ASHGABAT, 5 May 2012 – Thirty students from the Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan successfully completed an OSCE-supported series of lectures on media in the modern world and genres of contemporary international journalism in Ashgabat today...