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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported meeting of CIS Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units takes place in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 May 2015
BISHKEK, 16 May 2015 – The fifth meeting of the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) focused on combating money laundering and terrorism financing took place on 16 May in Bishkek, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE supports efforts to improve business environment in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 April 2015
The first meeting of the Regulatory Reform Council, in Kyrgyzstan was opened on 9 April 2015 in Bishkek by Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Valery Dil, Minister of Economy Temir Sariev, and the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos. The aim of the event was to give a boost to the economic reform process in the country to stimulate growth and reduce corruption...
OSCE supports efforts to improve business environment in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 April 2015
BISHKEK, 9 April 2015 – The first meeting of the Regulatory Reform Council in Kyrgyzstan was opened today by Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Valery Dil, Minister of Economy Temir Sariev and the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos. The aim of the event was to boost the economic reform process in the country to stimulate growth and reduce corruption.
Journalists learn about work of Kyrgyz State Customs Service in campaign supported by OSCE Centre
Publishing date: 7 April 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyz State Customs Service launched a one-day campaign on 1 April 2015 at the Kyrgyz Customs Training Centre in Leninskoe, near Bishkek, to raise awareness among media on the work of the customs service and the OSCE-supported Training Centre...
Kyrgyzstan to report on anti-corruption legal and institutional framework progress at 15th Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan meeting in Paris
Publishing date: 23 March 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting the participation of the Kyrgyz delegation in the Anti-corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) plenary meeting on 23-24 March 2015 in Paris, France...
Kyrgyzstan presents OSCE-supported risk assessment in money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 23 February 2015
The Kyrgyz State Financial Intelligence Service in co-operation with the OSCE Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, and the World Bank presented an assessment of national risks in money laundering and financing of terrorism in the Kyrgyz Republic on 20 February 2015. Senior officials from law enforcement and public sector agencies also participated in the presentation...
OSCE improves capacity of Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior to combat organized crime
Publishing date: 3 February 2015
BISHKEK, 3 February 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today handed over a Volkswagen T5 minibus, to the Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior’s Department for Combating Organized Crime, to enhance their work and crime scene investigations...