News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, Swiss Customs support Kyrgyz Customs Service in assessing its risk management system
Publishing date: 14 August 2014
BISHKEK, 14 August 2014 – Representatives of Switzerland’s Federal Customs Administration of (FCA) started a two-week official visit to Bishkek today, with the support of the OSCE to examine the functioning of the risk management system of the State Customs Service of the Kyrgyz Republic...
OSCE Youth Model Parliament programme promotes democratic principles among school pupils in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 August 2014
BISHKEK, 8 August 2014- Forty-four secondary school children will hold a session of the OSCE Youth Model Parliament in the hall of the Kyrgyz Parliament. The Youth Model Parliament programme is managed by the American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS) with the support of OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE helps promote mutual understanding between Kyrgyz and Tajiks in Batken in south Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the UN Development Programme supported the Music and Drama Theatre of Batken, a city in south Kyrgyzstan, to premiere the play “Friends” on 31 July 2014...
Role of community policing in countering radicalization highlighted in new guide by OSCE Community Security Initiative in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 July 2014
The Community Security Initiative (CSI) team in Kyrgyzstan on 31 July 2014 presented the OSCE-prepared guidebook on “Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that lead to Terrorism: A Community-Policing Approach”...
OSCE organizes children’s camp to build confidence across borders
Publishing date: 30 July 2014
A summer environmental camp "Borderline Commonwealth: Issyk-Kul 2014" organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the State Border Service was opened on 25 July 2014 on the lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE trains Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on victim and witness protection
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry and the Lithuanian Criminal Police Office conducted on 15 and 16 July 2014 a training seminar for law enforcement bodies on effective measures in protecting victims and witnesses of organized and serious crimes...
OSCE trains 25 Kyrgyz neighborhood inspectors on gender-sensitive policing
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 17 July 2014 – The OSCE Police Matters Programme in co-operation with the Interior Ministry today launched a two-day training course in Issyk-Kul on gender-sensitive approaches to combatting domestic violence for 25 newly-hired neighborhood inspectors from the Chui, Naryn, Talas and Issyk-Kul regions of Kyrgyzstan...