News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes co-operation on water resources between users and local authorities in northern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 5 April 2013
TALAS, Kyrgyzstan, 5 April 2013 – An OSCE-organized training seminar on managing water resources and resolving related disputes took place today in Talas, northern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports new training centre for Kyrgyzstan’s State Financial Intelligence Service
Publishing date: 29 March 2013
BISHKEK, 29 March 2013 – The newly established Training Centre of the State Financial Intelligence Service (SFIS) was opened today in Bishkek with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan in fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
BISHKEK, 1 March 2013 – Adopting international anti-terrorism mechanisms and other measures aimed at controlling terrorists’ access to explosives and chemicals precursors were among the topics of a two-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion which ended in Bishkek today...
OSCE supports resource centre on border demarcation in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 February 2013
Kyrgyzstan’s first resource centre on border delimitation and demarcation was opened on 1 February 2013 in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports cross-border bulletin for Kyrgyz and Tajik communities
Publishing date: 28 December 2012
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan, 28 December 2012- A bulletin for residents in the neighbouring provinces of Batken in Kyrgyzstan and Soghd in Tajikistan was launched in Batken today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre supports monitoring of implementation of new law on freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
BISHKEK, 21 December 2012 – The implementation of the new law on peaceful assemblies in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of an OSCE-supported discussion that took place in Bishkek today...
OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan officials in hostage negotiation
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
A two-week training course on hostage negotiation for the personnel of Kyrgyzstan’s relevant state agencies ended in Bishkek on 21 December 2012. The course was organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Antiterrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security...