News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE conference on land degradation and soil contamination begins in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 November 2006
BISHKEK, 16 November 2006- An international two-day OSCE conference, focusing on land degradation and soil contamination, began today in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Field Office helps improve waste management in Osh
Publishing date: 14 November 2006
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 14 November 2006- Improving waste management in the city of Osh was the aim of an OSCE-supported project successfully completed today. It was implemented in the last two months by the OSCE Field Office...
OSCE Mission agrees to provide expert assistance on environmental legislation to Serbia
Publishing date: 10 November 2006
BELGRADE, 10 November 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Serbia's Minister of Science and Environmental Protection agreed that the OSCE Mission would extend expert assistance to develop and implement legislation on environmental...
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion of decision-making process on environmental matters in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 October 2006
ALMATY, 31 October 2006- The OSCE Centre in Almaty has organized roundtable discussions in Atyrau, Almaty, Astana and Karaganda this month on the role of the communities in the decision-making process on environmental matters...
Transport, security and environmental protection focus of OSCE-Norwegian technical workshop
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
TOENSBERG, 18 October 2006- The need for transport routes that take into account concerns about the environment and security was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop that concluded today in Norway...
More co-operation needed to avoid fires in Nagorno-Karabakh region, OSCE-led expert mission finds
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
YEREVAN, 13 October 2006- An OSCE-led team of international and local experts today called for more co-operation to prevent and manage fires in and around Nagorno-Karabakh following the end of a 10-day mission to assess the environmental...
OSCE field office in Syunik province organizes environmental action
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
YEREVAN, 13 October 2006- More than 30 schoolchildren and local volunteers helped clean up some 2 hectares of land around the Vahanavank (King Vahan's Monastery) historic monument in the Armenian province of Syunik this week...