<p>The present invention relates to a process for the epoxidation of olefins by i) reacting an olefin with hydrogen peroxide in presence of an epoxidation catalyst and an alcoholic solvent; ii) separating product olefin oxide and unreacted olefin from the reaction product of step i); iii) recovering a stream comprising the alcoholic solvent, characterized by iv) subjecting the recovered stream of step iii) to hydrogenation.</p>
