News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes study visit of Kyrgyz officials to Latvia to learn about best practices in anti-corruption
Publishing date: 11 April 2014
A four-day visit of eight Kyrgyz officials to Riga, Latvia, aimed at learning international best practices on combatting corruption, ended on 11 April 2014...
Greater efforts needed for effective system to tackle corruption in BiH, highlights OSCE course
Publishing date: 26 March 2014
A two-day specialized security policy course for ministerial officials, members of parliaments, judiciary, academia and civil society, on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Strategy for fighting corruption concluded on 26 March 2014 in Konjic...
ODIHR workshop highlights role of professional and ethical standards in maintaining public trust in parliaments
Publishing date: 19 March 2014
Parliamentarians and experts from a number of OSCE participating States discussed professional and ethical standards for parliamentarians, as well as the benefits of and challenges in developing codes of conduct, at a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw...
OSCE supports study tour for Kyrgyzstan customs staff trainers
Publishing date: 17 March 2014
A week-long study tour to Azerbaijan for trainers at Kyrgyzstan’s Customs Training Centre concluded on 15 March 2014 in Baku. The visit was supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
Post-2014 Afghanistan will be no threat to other countries, Afghan Minister of Counter Narcotics tells OSCE
Publishing date: 13 March 2014
Afghanistan has made much progress in the twelve years and will not pose a threat to other countries in the region, the country’s Minister of Counter Narcotics Mobarez Rashedi told the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 13 March 2014, as he highlighted ways to address the remaining challenges, including the fight against the illicit drugs...
OSCE trains Tajik state officials on UN Convention against Corruption
Publishing date: 7 March 2014
DUSHANBE, 7 March 2014 – A three-day training course on the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and its review mechanism concluded today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE organizes anti-corruption training course for Kyrgyz officials in Seoul
Publishing date: 10 February 2014
BISHKEK, 10 February 2014 – An OSCE-supported anti-corruption training course for Kyrgyz government officials in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, began today...