News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports visit of international anti-corruption monitors
Publishing date: 19 January 2015
BISHKEK, 19 January 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting a visit to the country by the monitoring mission of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), from 19 to 23 January 2015...
World Press Photo exhibition highlighting universal human rights and fundamental freedoms opens in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 January 2015
BISHKEK, 10 January 2015 – The World Press Photo traveling exhibition, gathering 140 pictures by the winners of the prestigious 57th World Press Photo contest, is being held from 10 to 22 January 2015 at the Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts “Gapar Aitiev” in Bishkek.
OSCE hands over training facilities to Kyrgyz National Guards
Publishing date: 23 December 2014
BISHKEK, 23 December 2014 – Today, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over an additional service facility, an obstacle range and an assault training facility, to the National Guard of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE supports opening of Aarhus Centre in Bishkek in 2015
Publishing date: 23 December 2014
The Kyrgyz State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek signed on 23 December 2014 a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Aarhus Centre in Bishkek in 2015...
Kyrgyz National Strategy for Sustainable Development is focus of OSCE-supported discussion in Bishkek
Publishing date: 23 December 2014
The Heads of Talas and Issyk-Kul provinces, district administrations and Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy officials gathered in Bishkek on 17 December 2014 for a final discussion on sustainable development program for the regions...
OSCE, Kyrgyz Defence Ministry sign five agreements on management and control of small arms and light weapons in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 December 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz Defence Ministry signed five agreements on practical implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA) programme that was signed on 2 August 2013 and ratified in May 2014...
OSCE, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry join forces to combat organized crime
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
BISHKEK, 18 December 2014- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for 40 police investigators on how to effectively conduct EU Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessments (SOCTA), investigations based on intelligence-led policing, and combatting drug trafficking and violent extremism...