Vienna — The OSCE’s thirty-second Ministerial Council closed in the Hofburg on 5 December, ending Finland’s chairmanship year with the organisation’s gaze fixed on a prospect that would have seemed fantasy twelve months ago: planning for a possible ceasefire in Ukraine. The meeting on 4 and 5 December drew more than 1,200 participants to Vienna […]
Vienna — Finland assumed the chairmanship of the OSCE this month, presenting its priorities to the Permanent Council in a year freighted with symbolism: 2025 marks fifty years since the Helsinki Final Act was signed in the Finnish capital, and Finland now chairs the organisation the Act created — as a NATO member, with the […]
Valletta — Malta closed its year at the helm of the OSCE with a Ministerial Council on 5 and 6 December, passing the chairmanship to Finland at the end of twelve months in which keeping the organisation functioning was itself the achievement. Foreign Minister Ian Borg had taken the job in January under no illusions. […]