The OSCE Chairpersonship Youth Forum will be convened in Helsinki on 29 and 30 July 2025. The event is organized with and for youth , taking stock of the added value that the OSCE offers in implementing the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda. The Forum will feed into an OSCE-wide Roadmap that Finland will launch during its Chairpersonship.
HELSINKI, 21 July 2025 - To mark the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, Finland will organize a conference at Finlandia Hall on 31 July 2025. The Helsinki+50 Conference will be hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen. There will be a number of high-level speakers, including at the level of Foreign Minister.
VIENNA/HELSINKI, 9 June 2025 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on 10 to 11 June for meetings with high-level government officials and civil society.
VIENNA, 9 June 2025 — The Chairpersonship Conference on Climate and Security will take place 11 June 2025 in Hanaholmen, Espoo. At the Conference, experts will discuss a range of issues on climate, peace and security, including the environmental and climate impacts of conflicts and the role of businesses and civil society in strengthening climate security.
VIENNA, 5 June 2025 — To mark the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, the OSCE Finnish Chairpersonship will organize a conference at Finlandia Hall, in Helsinki, on 31 July 2025.
WARSAW, 30 May 2025 – International election observers will hold a press conference to present their findings following the second round of the presidential election in Poland.
VIENNA, 26 May 2025 — The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ambassador Jan Braathu, will pay his first official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 26 to 28 May 2025.