News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Field Office helps improve waste management in Osh
Publishing date: 14 November 2006
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 14 November 2006- Improving waste management in the city of Osh was the aim of an OSCE-supported project successfully completed today. It was implemented in the last two months by the OSCE Field Office...
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier visits OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 6 November 2006
BISHKEK, 6 November 2006- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on Saturday to meet...
OSCE Centre, Interior Ministry organize community police days in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 October 2006
BISHKEK, 4 October 2006- Making sure residents get to better know community police officers working in their neighborhoods is the aim of a Police Day taking place in the northern Kyrguz town of Karakol today...
Community policing focus of OSCE-organized international symposium in Issyk-Kul
Publishing date: 2 October 2006
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 2 October 2006- Experts from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia are meeting today and tomorrow in Issyk-Kul at an OSCE-organized symposium to discuss best practices and lessons learned from community policing...
OSCE boosts NGO network to fight human trafficking in south Kyrgyzstan and neighboring countries
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 22 September 2006- The OSCE Field Office in Osh has established an NGO network in the Ferghana Valley to fight against human trafficking. The network will strengthen co-operation with government and international institutions, help...
OSCE-supported project aims to improve economic research capacity in Central Asia for policy-making
Publishing date: 21 August 2006
BISHKEK, 21 August 2006- Strengthening the research capacity of Central Asian universities to more actively contribute to economic policy-making is the goal of an OSCE-supported project being discussed at a regional conference that opened today...
OSCE Centres help train Kazakh and Kyrgyz journalists to report on labour migration
Publishing date: 17 August 2006
ALMATY, 17 August 2006- A training course on labour migration for journalists from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan began today in Almaty. Organized by the OSCE Centres in Almaty and Bishkek, and the Kazakh International Centre for Journalism MediaNet...