News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Academy in Bishkek supports academic discussion on regional security in Central Asia
Publishing date: 5 September 2013
Some 25 leading experts, governmental officials and representatives of the diplomatic community in Bishkek took part in the annual seminar on regional security in Central Asia, hosted and organized by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, from 6 to 7 September 2013...
‘Snow Leopards’ in Kyrgyzstan receive support from OSCE
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
On 4 September 2013 the OSCE Centre in Bishkek provided Kyrgyzstan’s Defence Ministry with an obstacle course for training anti-terrorism unit officers and donated equipment for mountain patrolling in Osh, Southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE trains police and prison administration to prevent extremism in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Some 50 prison and police officers of Kyrgyzstan’s State Penitentiary Service (GSIN) discussed on 4 September 2013 in Bishkek ways to prevent extremism and radicalization in prisons at an OSCE-supported training seminar...
OSCE supports study course for Central Asian journalism students
Publishing date: 30 August 2013
BISHKEK, 30 August 2013- Thirteen university students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan graduated today from the Fourth Central Asian School of Contemporary Journalism at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek...
OSCE presents training centre for Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary service officials
Publishing date: 30 August 2013
A public presentation of an OSCE-supported training centre for the staff of Kyrgyzstan’s State Penitentiary Service (GSIN) took place in Bishkek on 30 August 2013...
OSCE supports human rights seminar for Kyrgyzstan police officers
Publishing date: 24 August 2013
An OSCE-supported seminar on the role of the police in the observance and protection of human rights, led by the experts of the Interior Ministry Police Academy, ended today at the Ministry’s facility in Issy-Kul province...
OSCE helps police officers in Kyrgyzstan better communicate with foreign tourists
Publishing date: 16 August 2013
The last batch of brochures to assist Kyrgyzstan’s patrol police officers in dealing with English-speaking tourists published by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek was distributed among police officers on 16 August 2013...