News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-co-organized forum of women candidates for local council elections concludes in Osh
Publishing date: 5 November 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 5 November 2016 – A forum of women candidates for local council elections was organized today in Osh city with the aim of encouraging some 125 graduates of Women’s Leadership Schools from the Bishkek, Issyk-Kul, Osh and Batken regions to participate in the 11 December local council elections...
OSCE supports training seminar for Kyrgyz judges on facilitating citizens’ access to justice on environmental issues
Publishing date: 4 November 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 4 November 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported Kyrgyzstan’s Aarhus Centre Network and the Training Centre of the country’s Supreme Court to conduct training for judges on facilitating citizens’ access to justice on environmental matters, thereby fostering the implementation of the third pillar of the Aarhus Convention...
OSCE supports conference on development and sustainability of Youth Councils in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 October 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 29 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported conference on the development and sustainability of Youth Councils in Kyrgyzstan began today in Osh city bringing together some 55 young activists, including the chairpersons and leaders of 13 Territorial Youth Councils of Osh, the Youth Co-ordination Council of Tokmok city, the representatives of seven districts of Osh and activists from Batken, Chui and Jalal-Abad provinces.
OSCE supports regional session of Public Council of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry organized in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 October 2016
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 28 October 2016 – The OSCE-supported regional session of the Public Council of the Interior Ministry (MoI) to uphold civilian oversight of the police reform that took place today in Jalal-Abad city for some 160 participants, including members of the Kyrgyz Parliament, representatives of the MoI, local police, authorities as well as civil society and mass media...
Prevention of violent extremism and terrorist radicalization among youth in focus of OSCE-supported seminar in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 October 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 22 October 2016 –The prevention of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) was the focus of the OSCE-supported intensive seminar for some 50 representatives of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry’s Juvenile Delinquency Inspectorate, Municipal committees on youth issues and leaders of Territorial Youth Councils, that concluded today in Osh, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE-supported training course for Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on countering drug crimes concludes in Osh
Publishing date: 21 October 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 21 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training course for some 20 officers from Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on countering drug crimes concluded today in Osh...
OSCE supports study tour to Turkey for representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 14 October 2016
BISHKEK, 14 October 2016 – A delegation of Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Interior consisting of Witness Protection Department officers and members of the working group on creating the State Witness Protection Programme (2017-2020) completed its five-day OSCE-supported study visit to Turkey today...