News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan promotes health and environmental benefits of cycling
Publishing date: 15 September 2014
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the non-governmental organization Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan ran a national cycling event on the streets of Tashkent on 14 September 2014, raising awareness of the health and environmental benefits of getting on the bike...
OSCE facilitates co-ordination meeting between Tajikistan’s Khujand and Kyrgyzstan’s Osh Aarhus Centres
Publishing date: 12 September 2014
The OSCE field missions in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan supported a meeting between the Khujand and Osh Aarhus Centres in Khujand, Tajikistan, from 4 to 5 September 2014, to promote co-ordination between the Centres in confronting environmental challenges common to both countries...
Enhanced efforts needed to prevent, mitigate, and respond to natural disasters, say OSCE forum participants in Prague
Publishing date: 10 September 2014
PRAGUE, 10 September 2014 – With natural disasters more frequent and destructive, greater impetus and enhanced efforts are needed by States to work together to better prevent, mitigate, and respond to this threat, said senior officials and experts at the concluding meeting of the 22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, which opened in Prague today....
OSCE Centre supports training seminar in Northern Kazakhstan on Aarhus Convention
Publishing date: 27 August 2014
A two-day OSCE-supported workshop on implementing the Aarhus Convention in the context of the integrated water resources management and the country’s strategy of transition to a green economy, concluded on 27 August 2014 in Petropavlovsk, Northern Kazakhstan...
“Once the water recedes”- OSCE documentary raises awareness of flood disaster aftermath in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 August 2014
A new short film featuring first-hand accounts of the devastating floods in May 2014 and immediate responses at several sites across Bosnia and Herzegovina was released by the OSCE Mission to BiH on 18 August 2014. The documentary, “Once the water recedes: The 2014 floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the aftermath of a natural disaster”, highlights the shortcomings and struggles in the wake of the floods...
OSCE Centre supports forum on environmental protection ahead of Astana Expo-2017
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
A two-day forum, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana, on the role of public participation in improving environmental conditions at the Shuchinsk-Burabay recreation area was held at the Borovoe resort, near Kazakhstan’s capital from 31 July to 1 August 2014.
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes water management training seminar on safety of hydraulic structures
Publishing date: 29 July 2014
The safety of hydraulic structures was the focus of a two-day training seminar for more than 30 representatives of the Water Resources Committee and the Emergency Situations Ministry of Kazakhstan, which concluded on 29 July 2014 in Astana. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...