News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes meeting in Almaty to discuss Central Asia migration issues
Publishing date: 31 January 2006
ALMATY, 31 January 2006- Migration issues in Central Asia are the focus of a two-day OSCE regional workshop which opened today in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE economic and environmental activities and...
OSCE Centre organizes study trip on pollution control for Kazakhstani specialists
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
ALMATY, 2 December 2005- The OSCE Centre in Almaty has organized a study visit to Prague for members of the newly established Kazakhstani working group on pollutant release and transfer register...
OSCE Centre supports festival of environmental journalism in Central Asia
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
ALMATY, 15 November 2005- The 5th Festival of Environmental Journalism ended yesterday in Almaty with an award ceremony for the best TV, radio programmes and printed materials focusing on environmental problems in Central Asia...
OSCE project will help Kazakhstan dispose of "melange" toxic missile fuel
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
VIENNA, 31 October 2005- A group of OSCE experts begins a five-day visit to Kazakhstan today aimed at helping the country recycle highly explosive missile fuel, commonly known as "melange." The project is intended to provide...
OSCE Centre helps Kazakhstan prepare for ratification of pollution control protocol
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
ALMATY, 6 September 2005- A set of recommendations to assist Kazakhstan to ratify the Kyiv Protocol on pollutant release and transfer registers was offered at a meeting of government officials, experts and civil society representatives...
OSCE Centre supports Kazakhstan's efforts to join pollution control protocol
Publishing date: 26 August 2005
ALMATY, 26 August 2005- Kazakhstan's technical and legislative capacities to accede to the Kyiv Protocol on pollutant release will be assessed at a meeting of government officials, national and international experts and civil society representatives...
OSCE Centre holds environmental summer camp for young people in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 July 2005
ALMATY, 11 July 2005- Young people from several villages near the former nuclear test site of Semipalatinsk are participating in a ten-day summer camp organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty to learn about radiation safety and environmental issues...