News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE donates mobile police reception units to enhance Kyrgyzstan’s community policing
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
BISHKEK, 8 July 2011 – Twelve minibuses equipped to act as mobile police reception units were donated today to Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry under the Community Security Initiative, part of the OSCE’s police reform programme for the country...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Kyrgyzstan's action plan to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
BISHKEK, 7 July 2011 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and other international organizations supported a meeting on the development of a new national action plan to combat human trafficking today...
Journalists' safety in focus at OSCE roundtable meeting in Bishkek
Publishing date: 6 July 2011
BISHKEK, 6 July 2011 – The safety of journalists, particularly while covering demonstrations, was the topic of a roundtable meeting held today in Bishkek with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre helps police academy address multi-ethnic policing
Publishing date: 4 July 2011
BISHKEK, 4 July 2011 – An OSCE-supported course for police trainers from Kyrgyzstan's police academy, on policing in multi-ethnic societies, ends in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports parliament hearing on police reform
Publishing date: 27 June 2011
BISHKEK, 27 June 2011 – The draft Police Reform Concept for Kyrgyzstan 2011-2015 was debated during an OSCE-supported public hearing in the parliament today...
OSCE Centre supports Chon Kemin rural police station refurbishment
Publishing date: 24 June 2011
SHABDAN, Kyrgyzstan, 24 June 2011 – Today in the village of Shabdan in northern Kyrgyzstan a newly-refurbished rural police station for Chon Kemin district was opened. The OSCE Centre in Bishkek financed the refurbishment of the station and provided new equipment, including a police vehicle donated last year...
OSCE supports public hearing on Osh and Jalal-Abad housing development
Publishing date: 24 June 2011
The second and final part of a public hearing on the activities of the State Directorate for Reconstruction and Development of Osh and Jalal-Abad took place in Bishkek on 24 June 2011. The hearing examined the recent work of the State Directorate in providing housing. Interbilim, a non-governmental organization, presented a report based on its monitoring of the Department’s recent activity.