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OSCE Centres to hold workshops in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on combating corruption, money laundering and economic crime
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
ALMATY/ISSYK-KUL, 8 October 2004- Combating corruption, money laundering and economic crime will be on the agenda of workshops taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 11 and 12 October and Issyk-kul, Kyrgyzstan on 14 and 15 October. The events are...
OSCE Centre helps local authorities deal with requests on environmental information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 29 September 2004- A new manual for local environmental authorities, which will help in developing better public access to ecological information, was presented today by the OSCE Centre in Almaty. It was presented...
OSCE/ODIHR conference on jury trials in Kazakhstan opens in Astana
Publishing date: 27 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASTANA/WARSAW, 27 September 2004- A two-day conference on the prospects for the introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan opened today in the capital Astana. It brings together around 100 governmental officials, legal practitioners, academics and NGO...
OSCE Centre launches information campaign for residents around the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site
Publishing date: 21 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 21 September 2004- A series of lectures on radiological safety for people living in villages and camps near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in northern Kazakhstan is being held by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the National Forum on...
OSCE Centre helps in development of economic courts in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 3 September 2004- A new TV programme, which aims to raise awareness among foreign and domestic investors of their legal rights as well as of the work of economic courts, will be aired in Kazakhstan in September. This is part...
OSCE Centre opens Internet café for regional journalists in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
TARAZ, 23 August 2004- The first OSCE Internet Cafe for regional journalists in Kazakhstan opened today in the southern city of Taraz. A similar Internet café will soon...
OSCE/ODIHR begins observation of parliamentary election in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ASTANA/WARSAW, 11 August 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission to observe the 19 September parliamentary election in Kazakhstan. The Mission, headed by Robert L. Barry from...