Former Senior Director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council, Fiona Hill, appears before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the public phase of the House impeachment inquiry. David Holmes, Political Counselor at the US Embassy in Kiev, is also scheduled to testify in the open hearing.

The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP25, is taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December. UN secretary General, Antoinio Guterres has underlined the importance of the meeting, calling global efforts to combat climate change so far, "utterly useless", saying that the planet is close to the "point of no return". Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg is also expected to attend the conference.

The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the OSCE. The meeting, held annually, provides the Foreign Ministers of the 57 OSCE participating States an opportunity to review and assess the Organization’s activities and strengthen the dialogue on security issues in the OSCE area.

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The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Paris on Dec. 9 to discuss steps towards a peaceful resolution to the 5 year old conflict in eastern Ukraine. “The summit will be held following major progress since the summer in negotiations for a settlement in the east Ukraine conflict" according to a statement by the Elysée Palace.

State Counsellor of Myanmar and winner of Nobel Prize for peace, Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named in a case for crimes against Rohingya Muslims. She will travel to The Hague to defend Myanmar against allegations of genocide, her office has announced.

The European Council will take place on 12-13 December 2019 at the Europa building in Brussels. More information on the EU Council website.

Britain will go to the polls after parliament voted to hold elections on 12 December. Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants a mandate to get Brexit done while opposition parties want to keep closer ties to the European Union.

The 2019 Algerian presidential election is expected to be held on 12 December 2019. The election had originally been scheduled for 18 April, but was postponed due to sustained weekly protests against plans by then president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a fifth term. Please contact us with your expression of interest for this event

Pope Francis will celebrate his seventh Christmas since becoming pontiff. Francis will preside over the traditional Christmas Eve mass in Saint Peter's Basilica and at midday on Christmas day impart his Urbi et Orbi message (Latin for "to the city and to the world") for which tens of thousands are expected to gather in Saint Peter's Square. The Christmas celebrations come just a month after such an important trip to Asia (Thailand and Japan).

The World Economic Forum (WEF) 50th Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, will be held from 21-24 January. The Meeting’s theme will be Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World. 3,000 participants from around the world will discuss how to give concrete meaning to “stakeholder capitalism”, assist governments and international institutions in tracking progress towards the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, and facilitate discussions on technology and trade governance.

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, is the ultimate source for Holocaust education, documentation and research. Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the commemoration for the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz Liberation

The Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. As Soviet troops approached Auschwitz in January 1945, most of its population was sent west on a death march to other camps. The remaining prisoners were liberated on the 27th January 1945, a day commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

EU leaders have agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020 - meaning the UK will not leave as planned on Thursday.

The 70th Berlin International Film Festival kicks off on 20 February 2020. The award ceremony takes place on Saturday, 29 February. With the Berlinale 2019, Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick bid farewell after 18 years as Festival Director. Carlo Chatrian as Artistic Director and Mariette Rissenbeek as Executive Director took office in June.