News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Aarhus Centres support the transition to a green economy
Publishing date: 4 July 2011
Practitioners and OSCE officers involved in the work of the OSCE-supported Aarhus Centres met in Chisinau, on 29 June 2011, to take part in preparations for next year’s global UN conference on sustainable development, “Rio+20”.
Tajik officials learn about Armenia’s experience with developing renewable energy sources
Publishing date: 1 July 2011
Some 14 government officials from Tajikistan visited Armenia from 20 to 24 June 2011 to learn about Armenia‘s experience with designing policy priorities and a legislative and institutional framework for developing its renewable energy potential. The visit was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE Office in Baku awards grants to civil society projects addressing environment and security issues
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
BAKU, 22 June 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku today announced that four non-governmental organizations that work in the field of environment and security will receive small grants to finance their work...
The OSCE CiO Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts, Ambassador Čekuolis opens OSCE water project in Georgia
Publishing date: 17 June 2011
On Friday, June 17, 2011, the OSCE, the European Union and the Ministry for Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia jointly launched the Nikosi water project, which envisages the installation of pipes and a pump in order to supply the Nikosi and Saltvisi areas, close to Administrative Boundary Line, with irrigation water...
OSCE signs contract extension to remove remainder of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 June 2011
OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Omelianchuk on 15 June 2011 signed a contract extension with a Russian consortium for the safe disposal of 9,500 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in Ukraine...
Civil security and combating trafficking key areas of OSCE co-operation with Baltic Sea States Council, says its Director addressing Permanent Council
Publishing date: 10 June 2011
VIENNA, 10 June 2011 – Working with the OSCE on civil security and combating human trafficking, and potential co-operation in building transport links and sustainable energy are ways to contribute to stability and cohesion in Europe, said Jan Lundin, Director General of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today...
