News and press releases

BISHKEK, 27 August 2015 – Strengthening the current OSCE engagement with Kyrgyzstan and discussing future co-operation was the focus of a two-day visit to Bishkek by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier which concluded today...

ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 22 August 2015 – A five-day workshop on harmonizing evaluation procedures of assessors from Eurasian Group (EAG) member states on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism completed today in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. The workshop was organized by the State Financial Intelligence Unit under the Government of Kyrgyzstan and EAG in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...

BISHKEK, 11 August 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducted a handover ceremony of IT and office equipment to improve the information sharing between different state institutions dealing with security as well as between the capital and the regions...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over the equipment used for the video conference to the Kyrgyz State Border Service. The ceremony was held during the simulation exercise “Bogot-Barrier 2015” conducted in the headquarters of the Kyrgyz border troops in Bishkek on 22 July 2015...

BISHKEK, 22 July, 2015 – A simulation exercise “Barrier-2015” aimed at improving co-ordination between special units of the Kyrgyz anti-terrorism agencies and to develop mechanisms to manage potential crisis situations at the borders will be held on 22 and 24 July...

The Kyrgyz Government and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek signed a memorandum of understanding on reforming of law enforcement bodies and governmental agencies dealing with internal affairs, national security, economic crimes, the penal system, customs, the frontier service, financial intelligence and

The results of a public opinion survey indicate that people have greater trust in the police. A survey carried out by the El-Pikir Centre of Public Opinion Study and Forecasting examined people’s perception of the police work across Kyrgyzstan and was presented on 17 July 2015...