News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre builds Kyrgyz army’s awareness on security and management of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 31 March 2016
BISHKEK, 31 March 2016 – A series of two consecutive one-week training courses co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek on the security and management of small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition concluded in Bishkek today...
Threats to free flow of information discussed at OSCE–supported regional media conference in Bishkek
Publishing date: 30 March 2016
BISHKEK, 30 March 2016 – Co-operation between the media and civil society in countering threats to the free flow of information and in promoting transparency and accountability were the focus of a two-day regional media conference, which ended today in Bishkek. The conference was organized by the OSCE Academy, in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Internews–Kyrgyzstan and the Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE regional workshop in Osh for Aarhus Centre representatives discusses public engagement in remediation of uranium legacy sites
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
A two-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE on 17-18 March 2016 in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, brought together representatives of Aarhus Centres and other local partners from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to discuss how to promote the engagement of stakeholders in the stabilization, restoration and disposal of uranium mill waste, also known as uranium tailings remediation...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports armed forces to maintain security of small arms and light weapons in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
BISHKEK, 18 March 2016 – Some 20 military personnel from the Northern Regional Command and the Southern Regional Command of the Kyrgyz Armed Forces completed an OSCE-supported one-week training-course on maintaining an electronic database system for the management, record-keeping and tracing of small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to join the Group of States against Corruption
Publishing date: 17 March 2016
STRASBOURG, 17 MARCH 2016- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported the participation of the Kyrgyz delegation at the 71st Plenary and Working Group Sessions of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) in Strasbourg, France...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports second regional session of Kyrgyz Parliament’s Women’s Forum
Publishing date: 14 March 2016
The Women’s Forum of the Kyrgyz Parliament, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, held its second regional parliamentary session at Avrora resort centre of Issyk-Kul oblast, on 11 March 2016 with the aim of establishing a working group on the new law on police development...
Role of female police officers in focus at OSCE Centre in Bishkek-supported international training-conference
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
BISHKEK, 3 March 2016 – The role of women police in the modern world and in Kyrgyzstan is the focus of a two-day international training-conference co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to mark five years of the establishment of the Kyrgyz Association of Women Police and its membership of the International Association of Women Police...