News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds joint training for Afghan and Kyrgyz customs officers
Publishing date: 27 April 2011
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek held training sessions on vehicle and container searches and border operations for Kyrgyz and Afghan customs officers at the customs point Ak-Jol on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border. Twenty participants from Afghanistan, including three trainers, together with customs instructors from the Training Centre of the State Customs Service of Kyrgyzstan as well as customs officers working at Ak-Jol border point, attended the course...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports training for 1,000 police officers on community policing
Publishing date: 27 April 2011
BISHKEK, 27 April 2011 – A series of two-day training courses on community policing for some 1,000 police officers across Kyrgyzstan began today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Interior Ministry of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports debate on preventing corruption
Publishing date: 26 April 2011
BISHKEK, 26 April 2011 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in cooperation with non-governmental organization the International Business Council held an open meeting today to discuss best practices in preventing corruption...
OSCE Centre supports rehabilitation for drug and alcohol-addicted inmates in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2011
Fifty representatives of rehabilitation centres, prisons’ administrations, international organizations and civil society took part in an OSCE-supported event to celebrate the seventh anniversary of "Atlantis" rehabilitation centres for drug and alcohol-addicted inmates on 21 April, 2011 at the Training Centre of the State Service of Execution of Punishment in Bishkek...
Experts discuss ways to strengthen independence of Kyrgyz judiciary at OSCE-organized meeting
Publishing date: 20 April 2011
BISHKEK, 20 April 2011- Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Kyrgyzstan’s judiciary is the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic today in Bishkek...
President of Kyrgyzstan visits OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 15 April 2011
President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbaeva paid a visit to the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on 15 April 2011. She held a lecture followed by a question-and-answer session with students and alumni, and met with the Academy management...
OSCE Centre supports training of precinct election commission members in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 April 2011