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OSCE event participants say Paris Charter for New Europe relevant after 20 years, important for security community creation
PARIS, 28 October 2010 - Participants in a high-level event marking the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe today stressed the importance of the document for the future of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security.
Being of service in Belarus
There are many ways to serve your country, and the OSCE Office in Minsk is assisting the Belarusian government in finding alternatives to compulsory military service.
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports social reintegration of former army, police and border guard officers
CHISINAU, 14 September 2010 - The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Philip Remler, launched an OSCE-supported project helping over 80 former army, police and border guard officers retrain for civilian professions...
OSCE and Moldovan Government to sign memorandum of understanding on 24 June
CHISINAU, 23 June 2010 - A memorandum of understanding between the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Moldovan Government will be signed by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family on 24 June...
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...
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...
OSCE helps build regional ties between military academies
A group of Serbian officers-in-training from the Serbian Military Academy visited the Czech University of Defence in Brno, as part of the OSCE Mission to Serbia's efforts to support higher military education reform.
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...