News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre promotes discussion on independence of the judiciary in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2006- Independence of the judiciary in Tajikistan and compliance with international standards and OSCE commitments were the focus of today's meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the National Association of...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences after French expert dies in landmine accident in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 April 2006
BRUSSELS, 20 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed his condolences to the family of a French expert who was killed when a landmine exploded in Tajikistan on 19 April...
Boost for mine detection in Tajikistan- OSCE, UN open dog training centre
Publishing date: 4 April 2006
DUSHANBE, 4 April 2006- A new centre for training dogs that will help detect landmines opened today in Rudaki, in the barracks of an Engineering Battalion of the Tajik Defence Ministry, some 15 km from the capital Dushanbe. It will have...
OSCE Chairman encourages Tajik Government to push ahead with democratic reforms
Publishing date: 30 March 2006
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- Continuing his trip in Central Asia, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht, visited Tajikistan on Thursday and met with President Emomali Rakhmonov, Foreign Minister...
20,000 trees to be planted in Tajikistan under OSCE Centre environmental project
Publishing date: 30 March 2006
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- An awareness-raising campaign on environmental protection, biodiversity and the effects of deforestation was launched today in the southern Tajik town of Kurgon-Teppa as part of an OSCE Centre in Dushanbe project...
UN and OSCE Centre open conference regarding the establishment of a national human rights institution in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 22 February 2006
DUSHANBE, 22 February 2006- The United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-Building and the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opened today a two-day conference on the establishment of an independent national human rights institution in Tajikistan...
OSCE Centre to hold conference on domestic violence in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 24 November 2005
DUSHANBE, 24 November 2005- Ways of combating domestic violence will be the focus of a conference that opens tomorrow in the Tajik capital. Organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the event will bring together over 150 participants representing...