News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR experts discuss e-voting proposals in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 21 February 2011
ODIHR experts have arrived in Dushanbe to discuss plans by the central election commission to develop and implement electronic voting in Tajikistan...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan calls for attackers of leading politician and journalist to be brought to justice
Publishing date: 11 February 2011
DUSHANBE, 11 February 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, Ambassador Ivar Vikki, today condemned the violent attack on Hikmatullo Saifullozoda, member of the Political Council of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan and editor-in-chief of its newspaper, and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice...
OSCE field operations in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan promote co-operation among border agencies
Publishing date: 11 February 2011
BISHKEK, 11 February 2011- A five-day OSCE workshop that fostered cross-border co-operation between the Kyrgyzstan’s and Tajikistan’s border troops concluded in Bishkek today...
OSCE presents study on migration data in Dushanbe, discusses steps to harmonize data collection
Publishing date: 20 January 2011
DUSHANBE, 20 January 2011 – The preliminary findings and recommendations from an assessment of Tajikistan's collection of migration data by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) were presented to policymakers and data users at a meeting in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Office prepares trainers to deliver anti-corruption courses in Tajik border academies
Publishing date: 16 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 17 December 2010- A one-week course on anti-corruption awareness and response measures for Tajik border and law-enforcement training academies' staff concluded today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Office trains Tajik border troops to strengthen Tajik-Afghan border patrolling
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2010- The OSCE Office in Dushanbe completed an advanced training course today for Tajik border officials focusing on effective patrols...
OSCE Border Management Staff College trains senior officers from Afghanistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2010- Twenty senior border officers from across the OSCE area successfully completed the first one-month course for border staff at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today...