News and press releases

BISHKEK, 14 November 2013- Kyrgyz government officials, representatives of diplomatic corps, and journalists attended an observation exercise held today at a military polygon Ala-Too near Bishkek. The exercise was part of an OSCE-supported project strengthening Kyrgyzstan’ capabilities in managing and controlling small arms, light weapons, and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (CA)...

As schoolchildren in Ukraine prepare to start their autumn vacations on 28 October 2013, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) helped the State Emergency Service of Ukraine to conduct awareness-raising lessons on the dangers of unsafe military ammunition...

Eighty tonnes of hazardous chemicals in Albania’s military facilities will be repackaged and safely stored in a single place, as part of a project by the OSCE Presence in Albania that started on 14 October 2013...

FLORESTI, Moldova, 12 September 2013 – Today, new OSCE-funded intruder detection and fire alarm systems were officially launched at the Moldovan National Army ammunition storage depot in Floresti in northern Moldova...

ST. JULIAN’S /VIENNA, 11 September 2013 –Security sector governance and the role of armed forces in democratic societies are the topics of a three-day OSCE conference on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security starting today in Malta...

An OSCE-supported awareness-raising quiz on risks and threats of explosive remnants of war (ERW), for more than160 secondary school students from all over Ukraine, took place on 9 September 2013 in Zaozerne near Yevpatoria in Crimea...

SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 September 2013 – Seven-hundred and sixty tonnes of mélange, a highly toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component, were shipped today from Ukraine to Russia to be processed into chemical products for civilian use, under an OSCE-supported project...