News and press releases

BELGRADE, 12 May 2015 – Cross-border co-operation in water governance can significantly contribute to security and safety of citizens, concluded the participants of a two-day discussion on water management in the OSCE area, which closed in Belgrade today...

VIENNA, 7 May 2015 – From 11 to 12 May, officials and key stakeholders from 57 OSCE participating States will meet in Belgrade, Serbia, to discuss water governance in the OSCE area from the security perspective, followed by a field visit on 13 May to the areas affected by the 2014 flood in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia...

BISHKEK, 7 May 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Aarhus centres in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan launched today the Environmental Reporting Award for broadcast, print, and online media with the topic: "Raising awareness about the good practices of disaster risk management in the border areas of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.”...

DUSHANBE, 7 May 2015 – A three-day training on international best practices in hazardous waste management concluded today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

BISHKEK, 7 May 2015 – The official opening of the Aarhus Centre in Bishkek was marked today by a one-day roundtable discussion on activities planned for the newly opened centre in the capital and the existing one in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstran. Their work is aimed at implementing the Aarhus Convention in the region...

On 28 and 29 April 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova facilitated the removal of about 200 ionized radiation sources from five factories and facilities in Transdniestria...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a study visit to Ulaanbaatar, from 14 to 18 April 2015, comprised of eight representatives from Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament, the Ministry of Economy, the State Agency for Geology and Mineral Resources, the State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry and other key state agencies to familiarize participants with the workings of the mining industry in Mongolia.