News and press releases

ASTANA, 25 June 2013 – A two-day OSCE-supported national high-level conference dedicated to improving the environmental footprint of energy-related activities, assisting Kazakhstan’s strategy of transition to a green economy and marking the 15th anniversary of the Aarhus Convention on environmental democracy, began today in Astana...

A ceremony at the Water museum in Bishkek took place in Bishkek on 7 June 2013, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University’s (KNAU). The popular science museum will be officially opened to the public in September 2013 and will be hosted by the KNAU’s former laboratory building. It will be the country’s only museum educating people on water and its effective use...

SARAJEVO, 6 June 2013 – As part of the observance of World Environment Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina honoured the five winners of a competition for journalists reporting on environmental issues in Sarajevo yesterday...

KYIV, 5 June 2013 – On the occasion of World Environment Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, calls for greater attention to the safety of food and energy sources. This year, World Environment Day runs under the umbrella of the ‘Think.Eat.Save.’ campaign, which encourages people to stop wasting food and help keep the world’s natural resources safe...

DASHOGUZ, Turkmenistan, 29 May 2013 – An OSCE-supported series of workshops on modern technologies of water resources management concluded in Dashoguz in western Turkmenistan today...

KURGAN-TYUBE, Tajikistan, 29 May 2013 – A set of public hearings on the draft Environmental Code started today in Kurgan-Tyube, facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

On the occasion of this year’s World Clean Up Day, more than 140 OSCE Mission members helped tidy up public spaces throughout Kosovo, as part of the ‘Let’s Do It Kosovo!’ action on 24 May 2013...