News and press releases

Young leaders, activists, students, researchers and NGO representatives, aged 18 to 30 years old, and resident in Bosnia and Herzegovina are invited to apply for the OSCE Youth Advisory Group project to learn more about the OSCE’s work...

First explosive ordnance disposal course in Central Asia completed with OSCE support...

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator launched the Webspace of Safety – an Internet portal created to inform children about risks and threats posed by explosive hazards present in Ukraine...

The ongoing Montenegro Demilitarization (MONDEM) Programme is a positive example of co-operation between Montenegro and the OSCE, and participating States should continue their support in order to complete the final phase of the project, Milica Pejanović-Djurisić, Montenegro’s Defence Minister told the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation on 2 April 2014...

BELGRADE, 28 March 2014 – Promoting co-operative behaviour and enhancing norms of responsible conduct in the field of defense and security throughout the OSCE region was the focus of a three-day workshop that ended today in Belgrade...

Diving suits, hydroacousticdevices and underwater communication sets are among the equipment handed over on 21 March 2014 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to the national State Emergency Service in Kyiv to use for clearing the country’s coastal areas from explosive remnants of war and unsafe ammunition,as well as in other underwater rescue and humanitarian operations...

CHISINAU, 20 March 2014 – Twenty-eight officers of the Moldovan armed forces today successfully completed an OSCE-supported training course on physical security and stockpile management of small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition, in light of the introduction of new ammunition procedures in Moldova...