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OSCE Centre trains prison officers in Kyrgyzstan's northern provinces
Publishing date: 7 September 2009
KARAKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 7 September 2009- A basic training course for middle-ranking prison officers from Kyrgyzstan's northern regions, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, started today at the pre-trial prison in Karakol...
OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz journalists in economic reporting
Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
TALAS, 4 September, 2009- A two-day OSCE-supported training course to help journalists improve their coverage of economic and financial topics began today in Talas in northwestern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosts seminar on regional security matters
Publishing date: 3 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 3 September, 2009- Security policy experts from Eurasia, East and South East Asia, Europe and the United States are taking part in the second annual two-day seminar on Central Asian security matters that started today at the OSCE Academy...
OSCE Centre holds seminars to promote religious tolerance, awareness in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BISHKEK, 27 August 2009- A seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Agency on Religious Affairs to promote religious tolerance at the community level and educate participants about Kyrgyzstan's new law on freedom of religion...
OSCE Centre organizes course on human rights and safety for Kyrgyz prison security units
Publishing date: 14 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 14 August, 2009- An OSCE-supported human rights and safety course for security units in the Kyrgyz prison system ends tomorrow...
OSCE Centre supports meeting to promote public-private partnerships in Kyrgyzstan's fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalisation
Publishing date: 13 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
ISSYK-KUL, 13 August 2009- An OSCE-supported conference that seeks to formulate and promote the implementation of confidence-building measures to combat the causes and effects of terrorism nationwide began today at the Issyk-Kul Lake...
OSCE Centre renovates and equips Internal Troops' anti-terrorism bomb disposal centre
Publishing date: 5 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 5 August 2009- An Anti-terrorism Bomb Disposal Centre for Interior Ministry troops, renovated and equipped by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, was opened today by representatives of the OSCE Centre and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry...