News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre organizes Internet training course for Kazakh regional journalists
Publishing date: 29 March 2005
ALMATY, 29 March- Forty Kazakh regional journalists took part in Internet training courses organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty on 25 and 26 March in Pavlodar and on 28 and 29 March in Taraz...
Almaty roundtable focuses on introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 March 2005
ALMATY, 17 March 2005- Over 80 Kazakh and foreign experts today discussed the practical and theoretical issues regarding the introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan at a roundtable in Almaty, co-organized by the OSCE. The participants considered two...
OSCE Chairman urges Kazakhstan to press ahead with political reform
Publishing date: 15 February 2005
ASTANA, 15 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, encouraged the government of Kazakhstan on Tuesday to press ahead with political reform, especially in the areas of political pluralism...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 14 February 2005
LJUBLJANA, 14 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel will this week visit the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In the Kazakh capital Astana tomorrow morning, he will meet President Nursultan Nazarbazev, Foreign...
Seminar on human rights education to take place in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
ALMATY, 9 February 2005- A seminar for school teachers on human rights education, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, will be held in the city on 11 February. The seminar will be based on two Kazakh-language human rights manuals...
OSCE Almaty seminar focuses on migration management
Publishing date: 24 January 2005
ALMATY, 24 January 2005- An international seminar on the economic, environmental, security and humanitarian aspects of migration among the OSCE's 55 participating States opened in Almaty today. More than 200 representatives from NGOs, academics...
OSCE Almaty Centre promotes equal opportunities for women in Kazakhstani politics
Publishing date: 21 December 2004
ALMATY, 21 December 2004- With support from the OSCE Centre, women's NGOs of Kazakhstan are developing a strategy for working towards equal opportunities for women and men in politics. Barriers which hinder women's full and active participation in the...