News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centres to hold workshops in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on combating corruption, money laundering and economic crime
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
ALMATY/ISSYK-KUL, 8 October 2004- Combating corruption, money laundering and economic crime will be on the agenda of workshops taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 11 and 12 October and Issyk-kul, Kyrgyzstan on 14 and 15 October. The events are...
OSCE Centre helps organize regional workshop on environmental issues in Central Asia
Publishing date: 5 October 2004
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 5 October 2004- Representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are gathering in Issyk-Kul for a workshop from 5 to 7 October to discuss ways of dealing with environmental issues in the region. They will...
OSCE Centre supports dialogue between civil society institutions, election commissions and media in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 August 2004
BISHKEK, 30 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek has supported an initiative of the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan and the Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society to hold a conference focused on establishing an open public dialogue...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan join efforts in developing OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
BISHKEK, 22 July 2004- An agreement that gives a pioneering institute in Central Asia, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, a formal legal status was signed today in the Kyrgyz capital by Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev and Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE High Commissioner urges implementation of education reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 July 2004
THE HAGUE, 22 July 2004- President Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan has welcomed a new report on minorities and education in the country, saying that it would "open up a new phase in the ethnic policy of Kyrgyzstan." A Working Group on Integration through...
OSCE events focus on probation reform in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 July 2004
BISHKEK/WARSAW, 20 July 2004-An OSCE-conference held in Bishkek on 19 and 20 July focused on reform of Kyrgyzstan's probation service, including the possibility of transferring this service from the Interior to the Justice Ministry...
OSCE Centre helps organize seminars on implementing the Aarhus Convention in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 June 2004
BISHKEK, 15 June 2004- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and its Osh Field Office have helped prepare seminars in different areas of the country to discuss ways of implementing a key environmental information tool, the Aarhus Convention, in Kyrgyzstan...