News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Customs officials complete OSCE training in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 17 July 2009
ASHGABAT, 17 July 2009- A four-week OSCE-sponsored training course for Turkmenistan Customs Officials on customs risk assessment, profiling, targeting, selection and search techniques concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Centre supports institutions dealing with individual complaints
Publishing date: 16 July 2009
ASHGABAT, 16 July 2009- Participants in a seminar organized today by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat discussed how to promote the role of National Human Rights Institutions in dealing with human rights complaints...
OSCE Centre organizes study visit for Turkmenistan parliamentarians
Publishing date: 6 July 2009
ASHGABAT, 6 July 2009- Five members of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) started a study visit today to the parliaments of Slovenia and Austria...
OSCE promotes co-operation at railway border crossings in Central Asia
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
ASHGABAT, 2 July 2009- The role of international legal instruments in promoting passenger and freight conveyance by rail, harmonizing railway documentation and applying international best practices to enhance the transit of goods in Central Asia...
OSCE holds training course in Turkmenistan on identifying drug precursors
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
ASHGABAT, 19 June 2009- A four-day OSCE-sponsored training course on identifying drug precursors and backtracking investigations concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat supports courses on prisoners' rights
Publishing date: 19 May 2009
ASHGABAT, 19 May 2009- Thirty high-ranking law enforcement officers working in penitentiary institutions are taking part in a two-day OSCE Centre seminar on international legal standards for the treatment of prisoners that started in Ashgabat today...
Turkmenistan officials discuss judicial re-training practices in OSCE Centre-organized visit to France
Publishing date: 11 May 2009
ASHGABAT, 11 May 2009- Five high-ranking officials representing Turkmenistan's Supreme Court, General Prosecutor's Office, Justice Ministry and Education Ministry as well as the Institute of State and Law started a study visit...