News and press releases

DUSHANBE/WARSAW, 28 January 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission for the 27 February 2005 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Tajikistan. This follows an...

DUSHANBE/THE HAGUE, 25 November 2004- Rolf Ekeus, the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, visited Tajikistan on 24 and 25 November to assess the situation concerning national minorities in the country. During the visit...

DUSHANBE, 5 November 2004- A pioneering international conference started today in Dushanbe, focusing on the monitoring of radioactive waste dumps in northern Tajikistan. "Radioactive waste in this region is the biggest human-made disaster in Central Asia

TASHKENT, 1 November 2004- The five OSCE Centres in Central Asia end the first year's activities of the OSCE Central Asian Youth Network with a five-day international conference starting today in the Uzbek capital. More than 50 students from all over...

DUSHANBE, 7 October 2004- A Media Resource Centre which will give Tajik journalists access to the internet, satellite television and various publications opened in Dushanbe. Supported by the OSCE Centre in...

DUSHANBE, 14 September 2004- A plot of land cleared of mines, the first of its kind and part of a long-lasting international project, was today handed over to the local community in the Dusti-Kumsangir district, near the Tajik border with Afghanistan...

VIENNA, 6 September, 2004- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis visited the capital of Tajikistan today, after leaving Afghanistan, one of the OSCE's Partners for Co-operation...