News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
The OSCE Office support workshop on biodiversity
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
A four-day training workshop on biodiversity conservation started in Baku on 22 May 2013...
OSCE Centre helps train prosecutors in Kazakhstan on water management issues
Publishing date: 3 May 2013
ASTANA, 3 May – The OSCE Centre in Astana supported a national online seminar to educate Kazakhstan prosecutors on water management principles, institutional charters, and legislation that concluded today...
OSCE Mission to Moldova opens Aarhus Centre in Chisinau to promote public access to environmental information
Publishing date: 30 April 2013
CHISINAU, 30 April 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova opened today an Aarhus Centre in Chisinau to provide the local population with information and legal expertise on environmental matters...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports efficient management of drinking water resources in Isfana
Publishing date: 26 April 2013
A Memorandum of Understanding between the OSCE, the United Nations World Food Programme in Kyrgyzstan, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit and the Special Representative of the Government in the Batken province to implement a project on "addressing conflicts over drinking water in Isfana City" was signed on 26 April 2013...
OSCE Chair says lessons learned from Chornobyl nuclear disaster reaffirm need for stronger international co-operation in securing safety of world’s future
Publishing date: 26 April 2013
VIENNA, 26 April 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, commemorated today the 27th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, the largest nuclear power plant accident in human history, with calls for securing unity and solidarity to overcome the consequences, as well as strengthen collective capabilities to prevent the occurrence of such calamities in the future...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina launches the Environmental Reporting Award
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
SARAJEVO, 19 April 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina launched today the Environmental Reporting Award for online, print and broadcast media on the subject of environment...
Mitigating environmental impact of energy activities challenging, yet creates new opportunities, say OSCE meeting participants in Kyiv
Publishing date: 16 April 2013
KYIV, 16 April 2013 – Ways to strengthen co-operation on new, renewable and cleaner energy sources, and promoting green growth, innovation and technology transfer are key topics of discussion between officials and experts from 57 OSCE participating States at a high-level meeting in Kyiv today...