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OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz journalists in economic reporting
Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
TALAS, 4 September, 2009- A two-day OSCE-supported training course to help journalists improve their coverage of economic and financial topics began today in Talas in northwestern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosts seminar on regional security matters
Publishing date: 3 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 3 September, 2009- Security policy experts from Eurasia, East and South East Asia, Europe and the United States are taking part in the second annual two-day seminar on Central Asian security matters that started today at the OSCE Academy...
OSCE Centre holds seminars to promote religious tolerance, awareness in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BISHKEK, 27 August 2009- A seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Agency on Religious Affairs to promote religious tolerance at the community level and educate participants about Kyrgyzstan's new law on freedom of religion...
OSCE Centre organizes course on human rights and safety for Kyrgyz prison security units
Publishing date: 14 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 14 August, 2009- An OSCE-supported human rights and safety course for security units in the Kyrgyz prison system ends tomorrow...
OSCE Centre supports meeting to promote public-private partnerships in Kyrgyzstan's fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalisation
Publishing date: 13 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
ISSYK-KUL, 13 August 2009- An OSCE-supported conference that seeks to formulate and promote the implementation of confidence-building measures to combat the causes and effects of terrorism nationwide began today at the Issyk-Kul Lake...
OSCE Centre renovates and equips Internal Troops' anti-terrorism bomb disposal centre
Publishing date: 5 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 5 August 2009- An Anti-terrorism Bomb Disposal Centre for Interior Ministry troops, renovated and equipped by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, was opened today by representatives of the OSCE Centre and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry...
OSCE Centre supports training course for Kyrgyz human rights defenders on monitoring places of detention
Publishing date: 3 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Education
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 3 August 2009- About 20 human rights activists are learning how they best can monitor places of detention in a two-day OSCE-supported training course that started today in Jalal-Abad province...