News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE exercise tests readiness of Peace Messengers across Kyrgyzstan’s Jalal-Abad province
Publishing date: 29 August 2014
Ten teams of “Peace Messengers” from Kyrgyzstan’s Jalal-Abad province took part in a simulation exercise on 26 August 2014 with the aim of testing their capabilities in crisis response and in acting jointly with public authorities on settling conflict and maintaining stability in their areas of responsibility...
OSCE conducts training to the Kyrgyz police on religious extremism prevention
Publishing date: 20 August 2014
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 20 August 2014 – The OSCE Police Matters Programme today launched a four-day training course in Issyk-Kul yesterday for 25 senior and junior staff of the public security departments under the Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior from Bishkek city, Chui, Naryn, Talas and Issyk-Kul regions on good practices in community policing and preventing religious conflict...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Eurasian Group regional seminar on combatting cybercrime and money laundering
Publishing date: 18 August 2014
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 18 August, 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is today supporting the Eurasian Group in hosting a workshop on combatting cybercrime and money laundering for some 50 experts of financial intelligence units and the private sector from five Central Asia states, Belarus, China, India and Russia...
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”...