News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps Albanian army get rid of dangerous old chemicals
Publishing date: 16 October 2013
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...
Health and life risks for local people living near ammunition depots in Moldova reduced with OSCE support
Publishing date: 12 September 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...
The role of armed forces in democratic societies in Mediterranean discussed at OSCE Malta conference
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
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...
OSCE supports young Ukrainian firefighters contest on risks and threats of explosive remnants of war
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
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...
Toxic rocket fuel component fully removed from Eastern Ukraine with OSCE support
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
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...
OSCE helps to combat proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 August 2013
A programme aimed to strengthen Kyrgyzstan’ capabilities to manage and control small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA) was launched on 2 August 2013 following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and the OSCE in Bishkek...
Nearly 1,300 bombs and 19 missiles destroyed as part of large-scale OSCE Soviet-era ammunition demolition project in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
The explosion of a cluster bomb on 12 July 2013 at a demolition range in Georgia marked the end of a two-year project by the OSCE and the United Nations Development Programme to help the country destroy 1,289 pieces of aircraft ammunition and 19 missiles...