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17 November 2009
UNDP awards Sharapova scholarships in Belarus
UNDP marked International Students Day by awarding five-year university scholarships to three students in Belarus. The scholarships are funded by Goodwill Ambassador Maria Sharapova as part of a wider UNDP effort to help overcome the legacy of the Chernobyl nuclear accident of 1986.
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04 November 2009
Solar panels at UNDP's Bratislava Regional Centre
The solar station is one of the first UN buildings to install solar panels on its roof.


30 October 2009
The Third Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference
The Besedka Community Dialogue Space brought together community leaders from across the region whose work at the grass-roots level is leading to breakthroughs in the response to HIV.
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26 October 2009
UNDP honours Frances Stewart with human development award
UNDP honoured outstanding contributions to work on advancing human development. This year's Mahbub ul Haq Award was presented to Professor Frances Stewart of the United Kingdom for her lifetime achievements in promoting human development.
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12 October 2009
Displaced Georgians rebuilding livelihoods with UNDP assistance
In the central region of Shida Kartli, UNDP has worked to rebuild houses, schools and drinking water infrastructure in addition to disbursing micro-loans to help people start farming or launch start-up businesses.

05 October 2009
Human Development Report challenges common migration misconceptions
Allowing for migration — both within and between countries — has the potential to increase people's freedom and improve the lives of millions around the world, according to the 2009 Human Development Report.


02 October 2009
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Economic Crisis Hits People Living with
Access to medicine for people living with HIV is one of the latest casualties of the global economic crisis. At a time of shrinking national health budgets, declining grant funding and high prices for medicine, the number of individuals in the region in need of treatment remains large.


31 August 2009
Moldovan migrants look for new opportunities due to global crisis
Viaraka Tsaralunga and her sons, like many Moldovans working abroad, have had to quickly find new options at a time of diminishing opportunities due to the global economic crisis.


31 August 2009
Economic crisis hits hard for Kyrgyzstan migrants
Aida Elbeidyeva is one of many from Kyrgyzstan working abroad and sending money home. But Elbeidyeva, like many migrants, has seen her income drop as the global economic slowdown has setback both families and broader social progress.


29 August 2009
Kazakhstan still recovering 60 years after Soviet bombing
On this day 60 years ago, the first Soviet nuclear bomb was tested at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. UNDP, together with UNICEF, UNV and UNFPA with the financial support from the Japanese Government, is helping respond to lingering challenges.
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20 July 2009
UNDP gives technological boost to schools in Albania
A UNDP-supported "e-School" programme in Albania is providing the country's primary and secondary schools with tools and training in information technology.

20 July 2009
Financial crisis hits home for Armenians
Vera Arutyunyan is going the extra distance because of the global financial crisis, commuting six hours a day in search of better pay.


14 July 2009
Jobs hard to get as economic slump hits Slovakia
Many Slovaks, who have headed home after working abroad, have added new pressures on economically stressed governments throughout Europe and the former Soviet republics, the Commonwealth of Independent States.


07 July 2009
US First Lady Michelle Obama visits UNDP projects in Moscow
Michelle Obama visited the St. Dimitry Sisterhood Medical Nurses College in Moscow which conducts a special care programme for HIV-positive people.

29 June 2009
Governments seek to avoid radioactive catastrophe in Central Asia
Uranium tailing deposits left over from mining during the cold war in Kyrgystan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan contain more than 800 million tons of radioactive and toxic waste.
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