Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkinen (NCP) hosts a meeting with his Nordic counterparts in Helsinki on Thursday. Finland is chair of the Nordic Defence Cooperation group this year, and Thursday's meeting marks its second of the year.
Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine quickly but Moscow and Kyiv are digging in before any talks
Finland's president backs Trump's tough talk on the Ukraine war
Trump Ukraine peace talks
Last week, the U.S. president seemed open to linking Ukraine peace talks with a new arms control negotiation. That’s just what the Russian leader wants because it increases the chance that Trump will give away the farm.
A researcher says that hardly anyone has high expectations for Finland's year-long leadership term of the OSCE. But Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has a different view of the situation.
"Ukraine is fighting to defend not only its independence and peaceful future, but also the jointly agreed security order based on international law. As the previous Chairpersonships, Finland will keep support for Ukraine at the heart of the OSCE’s work," she noted.
On January 1, 2025, Finland assumed the Organization for Security and Co-Operation (OSCE) chairpersonship ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act (also known as the Helsinki Accords). Finland’s chairpersonship comes at a difficult time for the OSCE, the world’s largest security organization with 57 participating states.
In this context, the Helsinki University Faculty of Social Sciences is hosting a special event and presentations addressing the ongoing war in Ukraine: How to End the War in Ukraine? Concept Proposal for an Impartial Facilitator and Steps for a Peace Process.
Kyiv Independent on MSN11d
What are Trump's options on Russia's war against Ukraine?As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office on Jan. 20, Ukraine's fate hangs in the balance. While some potential details of Trump's future peace proposals have been leaked, the overall plan still remains unclear.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure on Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine Wednesday (Jan 22), threatening tougher economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the war.
I am confident that through hard diplomatic work we will be able to strengthen the Organization, contribute to a safer, more secure Europe and beyond,' says Feridun Sinirlioglu - Anadolu Ajansı
In an NZZ interview, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen warns that Russia's aggression is directed against all of Europe. Forcing Ukraine to accept a convenient peace would be dangerous for the whole world,
A controversial memoir of a Finnish woman who migrated to Stalin’s Soviet Russia in the 1930s and escaped in 1941. Ninety years later, her granddaughter has translated the diary into English.
Ambassador Neil Holland thanks the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for the Assembly's work which underscores our collective commitment to
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