News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Yerevan opens first local office outside capital
Publishing date: 30 June 2006
YEREVAN, 30 June 2006- The OSCE Office in Yerevan yesterday opened a local office in Kapan, the main city of Syunik province, with a ceremony attended by the Deputy Foreign Minister, Armen Baibourtian and Syunik Governor, Suren Khachatryan...
Role of women entrepreneurs discussed at OSCE-supported seminar in Yerevan
Publishing date: 19 June 2006
YEREVAN, 19 June 2006- A two-day seminar on promoting small and medium entrepreneurship (SME) for sustainable development, took place in Yerevan on 17 and 18 June...
OSCE Office promotes environmental education in Armenia
Publishing date: 16 June 2006
YEREVAN, 16 June 2006- Some 20 teachers and environmental experts discussed today in Yerevan a new teaching methodology outlined in the recently published book "Plant an Idea, Plant a Tree". The event was organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and...
OSCE Centre, Kyrgyz Government to assess and reduce threat posed by uranium dumps in south-east Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 June 2006
BISHKEK, 14 June 2006- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Ministry for Emergency Situations and several international organizations decided today to raise money for a technical assessment of the threats posed by radioactive dumps in...
OSCE Office to open its first presence in Armenian province
Publishing date: 9 June 2006
YEREVAN, 9 June 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office Amb. Vladimir Pryakhin and Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian today signed an agreement which creates the legal basis for establishing presences to implement OSCE programmes in regions...
OSCE Office holds open lesson to commemorate World Environment Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 6 June 2006
YEREVAN, 6 June 2006- The OSCE Office in Yerevan marked World Environment Day yesterday by holding an open lesson for around 30 schoolchildren and teachers together with the Public Environmental Information Centre (Aarhus Centre)...
OSCE Centre organizes meeting on education in environment and sustainable development in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 May 2006
ALMATY, 29 May 2006- Improving environmental education and education for sustainable development in Kazakhstan under a national plan will be the focus of a meeting on 30 and 31 May in Almaty, organized by the OSCE Centre...