News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Armenian model OSCE conference held in Gyumri
Publishing date: 8 May 2009
YEREVAN, 8 May 2009- Thirty-five youth ambassadors will seek to solve water management challenges- including environmental damage, migration pressures, economic instability and political conflict- at the Model OSCE conference today in Gyumri...
Environmental lecture, tree planting in Yerevan mark Earth Day in event supported by OSCE Office
Publishing date: 22 April 2009
YEREVAN, 22 April 2009- The Head of the OSCE Office inYerevan, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, highlighted the links between environment and security today in a lecture delivered to mark Earth Day...
OSCE Office in Dushanbe opens Aarhus Centre in Kurgan-Tyube
Publishing date: 10 April 2009
DUSHANBE, 10 April 2009- An Aarhus Information Centre to provide the public with information and legal expertise on environmental matters opened in the southwestern city of Kurgan-Tyube in Tajikistan today...
OSCE Centre holds workshop on starting an Aarhus environmental centre for the Caspian Sea region
Publishing date: 8 April 2009
ATYRAU, 8 April 2009- The OSCE Centre in Astana held a workshop today on establishing an Aarhus Centre for the Caspian Sea region to promote awareness and participation in environmental issues in Atyrau...
OSCE supports Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan in conducting environmental impact assessments in a transboundary context
Publishing date: 25 March 2009
BISHKEK, 25 March 2009- Government officials and experts from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as well as representatives from the OSCE and the UNECE are meeting in Bishkek today to discuss environmental impact assessments in a transboundary context...
OSCE Centre supports Kazakh judiciary to put Aarhus Convention into action
Publishing date: 10 March 2009
ASTANA, 10 March 2009- A two-day training course, co-organized by the OSCE Centre, to support the judiciary in implementing the Aarhus Convention started in Astana today...
OSCE Office, Armenia sign memorandum on opening four new Aarhus centres
Publishing date: 9 December 2008
YEREVAN, 9 December 2008- Four public environmental information centres, known as Aarhus Centres, will open in Armenia's regions, according to a memorandum of understanding signed today...