A four-day seminar on land mines and border security challenges started at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe on July 13, 2010.
Twenty-three participants from the border and customs services and the Ministries of Defense and Interior from Afghanistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are taking part in the course, which was organized with the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Read more »
The 7th Asian Winter Games will be held in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2011. The documents for the hosting city were signed in Kuwait on January 5, 2006.
The Government of Kazakhstan plans to allocate US$726 million in the 2008 budget for construction and renovation of the sports facilities for the games, including the Medeoskating and bandy rink and the Shymbulak skating area to the south east of the city. Timur Dosymbetov is the Director General of the 2011 Asian Games Executive Body.
The games are considered good experience in hosting for the city of Almaty.
“The reconstruction of the Palace of Sport named after B.Sholak is accomplished for 95%”, Director of the Palace Yuriy Zakharin has said today during the visit of the Kazakh President to the Palace.
Y.Zakharin reminded that international volleyball tournament “The Cup of President N.Nazarbayev” has been held in the Palace recently. “This was a test event. We tested the equipment and made notes of everything that was to be done”, the Director said.
Y.Zakharin said that the President announced that the closing ceremony of the Winter Asian Games 2011 would be held in Almaty.
The United Nations increased estimates of Azerbaijani capital Baku in its system of classification of service sites in range of A up to E, Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
According to the ministry, the Baku-based UN resident office has announced of assignment of degree A to Baku among cities where the UN works. Read more »
The Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting of Turkmenistan and the Union of Painters of Turkmenistan have announced a contest among artists, designers, teachers and students of the State Academy of Fine Arts (SAFA) and the State Special Art School under the SAFA, students and enthusiasts for the design of an official emblem for the 15th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s neutrality celebrated this year. Read more »
The future of European security, support for Kyrgyzstan, engagement with Afghanistan, and possible topics for an OSCE Summit top the agenda of informal meeting of Foreign Ministers in Almaty on 16-17 July. Read more »
