Finland takes the OSCE chair in the year of Helsinki+50, with Ukraine as the test
Vienna — Finland assumed the chairmanship of the OSCE this month, presenting its priorities to the Permanent Council in a year freighted…
Malta hands over: the smallest chair keeps the OSCE running and passes the keys to Finland
Valletta — Malta closed its year at the helm of the OSCE with a Ministerial Council on 5 and 6 December, passing…
Georgia’s disputed election: observers find an uneven field, and both sides claim the statement
Tbilisi — International observers delivered a carefully balanced verdict on Georgia’s parliamentary election on Sunday: a vote that offered real choice but…
Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize in Literature: South Korea’s first laureate is a novelist of fragile bodies and history’s wounds
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 has been awarded to Han Kang, the South Korean novelist, for what the Swedish…
Paris opens its Games on the river: rain, boats and a city turned into a stadium
PARIS — They said it could not be done, and for an hour on Friday evening it seemed the rain might agree.…
Nemo wins Eurovision for Switzerland in Malmö: a historic victory in the contest’s most turbulent year
MALMÖ — Eurovision’s 68th edition ended in the early hours of Sunday with a first: Nemo, a 24-year-old non-binary artist from Switzerland,…
‘Oppenheimer’ sweeps the Oscars: Nolan’s bomb film takes seven awards, including Best Picture
LOS ANGELES — The Academy gave its 96th edition the ending the season had promised. “Oppenheimer”, Christopher Nolan’s biopic of the father…
Skopje Ministerial: a saved chairmanship, four reprieved mandates, and Lavrov in the hall
Skopje — The OSCE closed its thirtieth Ministerial Council on 1 December with something it has rarely managed lately: decisions. Ministers and…
Paul Lynch wins the Booker Prize: ‘Prophet Song’, a dystopia that reads like tomorrow, takes the trophy
LONDON — The Booker Prize has gone to a warning. Paul Lynch won the 2023 award on Sunday night for “Prophet Song”,…
Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in Literature: Norway’s quiet master of the unsaid takes the world’s biggest award
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 has been awarded to Jon Fosse, the Norwegian playwright and novelist, for what the…