News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports human rights seminar for Kyrgyzstan police officers
Publishing date: 24 August 2013
An OSCE-supported seminar on the role of the police in the observance and protection of human rights, led by the experts of the Interior Ministry Police Academy, ended today at the Ministry’s facility in Issy-Kul province...
OSCE helps police officers in Kyrgyzstan better communicate with foreign tourists
Publishing date: 16 August 2013
The last batch of brochures to assist Kyrgyzstan’s patrol police officers in dealing with English-speaking tourists published by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek was distributed among police officers on 16 August 2013...
OSCE helps to combat proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 August 2013
A programme aimed to strengthen Kyrgyzstan’ capabilities to manage and control small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA) was launched on 2 August 2013 following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and the OSCE in Bishkek...
OSCE organizes environmental education camp for children from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
An ecological summer camp organized by the OSCE for the children of officers from the state border services of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took place on 20 July 2013 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
Kyrgyzstan’s Special Forces participate in OSCE-supported military incursion and hostage-taking exercise
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
An OSCE-supported anti-terrorism military exercise to simulate how Kyrgyzstan’s government would respond to a possible cross-border incursion and hostage situation took place in the country’s Chon-Alay district, Osh province on 19 July 2013...
Kyrgyzstan’s plans to open second Aarhus Centre discussed at OSCE-supported meeting in Bishkek
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
BISHKEK, 19 July 2013 – The planned opening of Kyrgyzstan’s second Aarhus Centre and details to its future activities were discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting in Bishkek today...
OSCE promotes parliamentarism among young people in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 July 2013
On 15 July 2013 the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan hosted the concluding session of the Youth Model Parliament, an OSCE–supported project...