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OSCE clean-up of toxic rocket fuel component at site in western Ukraine to conclude next week
KYIV, 17 June 2010 - The last shipment of a highly toxic rocket fuel component will depart from a military base in western Ukraine on 24 June, marking the conclusion of removal of the dangerous liquid from two depots...
Crisis of confidence at the core of security challenges, says Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister
VIENNA, 14 June 2010 - A crisis of confidence lies at the core of security challenges facing the OSCE region today, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov said today at the opening of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference...
Open Skies Treaty vital instrument for co-operation, U.S. Secretary of State Clinton tells review conference
VIENNA, 7 June 2010 - The Open Skies Treaty, which was negotiated under OSCE auspices, is a valuable tool for promoting transparency among military forces, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a video address to a treaty review conference...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports media briefing on defence reform
PODGORICA, 19 April 2010 - Montenegro's Defence Ministry, supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, will host a breakfast briefing on defence reform tomorrow...
Experts discuss state of regional confidence- and security-building measures at event to mark 10 years of OSCE Vienna Document
VIENNA, 14 December 2009 - Close to 100 representatives of national verification agencies and defence ministries gathered in Vienna today to discuss the the confidence- and security-building measures agreed by the OSCE States in the Vienna Document...
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes regional seminar to review and evaluate best practices on conventional ammunition
ALMATY, 8 December 2009 - An OSCE-supported seminar addressing best practices on the registration, stockpiling, transportation and destruction of conventional ammunition began in Almaty today...
OSCE Presence, Albanian Defence Ministry conclude disposal of toxic rocket fuel component, agree on surplus ammunition dismantling
TIRANA, 8 December 2009 - The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, handed an official certificate to the Albanian Defence Minister Arben Imami today in a ceremony that marked the official conclusion of the disposal...
First train that will transport toxic substance from Ukraine for safe disposal prepared for departure as part of OSCE-supported project
KALYNIVKA, Ukraine, 18 November 2009 - A special train carrying more than 500 tonnes of a highly toxic and volatile rocket fuel component was assembled today ahead of its departure from the south-western Ukrainian town of Kalynivka...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports media briefing on defence reform
PODGORICA, 28 September 2009 - The head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Paraschiva Badescu, will address journalists tomorrow at a Defence Ministry news conference tomorrow that will inform...
OSCE Centre renovates and equips Internal Troops' anti-terrorism bomb disposal centre
BISHKEK, 5 August 2009 - An Anti-terrorism Bomb Disposal Centre for Interior Ministry troops, renovated and equipped by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, was opened today by representatives of the OSCE Centre and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry...