Fabian Bonertz

🔴April 20-21 2026: Join us at the @OSCE Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons Conference: The Rise of Forced Criminality: Addressing a Security Blind Spot. 🙋‍♀️🙋🙋‍♂️Register: cthb.osce.org/event/alliance… Forced criminality is one of the fastest-growing forms of human trafficking: 📈 Worldwide: 1% to 8% in 6 years 📈 OSCE region: 1% (2018) to 17% (2024) Join us at the #CTHB26! #OSCE #ForcedCriminality #EndHumanTrafficking

@CanbackRasmus The CiO acts and issues statements independently; these don’t necessarily reflect the Secretariat or all participating states (- Armenia). So I primarily see this as Finnish priority. Finland chairs only due to a pre-war anniversary agreement, there’d be no consensus for it now

@FBonertz Agreed on the consensus, but the only reason she met with those "NGOs", was due to the Finnish chairmanship in the OSCE. Simultaneously, Finland holds the Chairmanship this year as a 50 year reminder of the Helsinki Accords '75.

It's quite evident that Azerbaijan won on every front -- now they also won the legitimacy from the OSCE on cracking down the democravy, pretending that they met the actual civil society. Sad to see Finland on the frontline in this.

On the eve of #EUAntiTraffickingDay, the @OSCE conference in Sarajevo highlights the global fight against forced labour in supply chains. Tackling this transnational issue requires collaborative action. New EU regulations reflect growing commitment to ethical #supplychains. OSCE Senior Advisor @FBonertz emphasizes: "For countries seeking to enhance their trade standing, aligning with these standards offers not only moral but also market advantages. It's not only the right thing to do; it's smart business." Learn more👉 osce.org/mission-to-bos…

@tavisupleba Well, I’m quite fond of that icon on this particular . Especially in times when countries on the EU orbit seem to pivot towards copying the full Schengen stamp design. On top of that like to think that these symbols transfer identity and it seems to matter to many.

@FBonertz Is it that important?

Thats a shame. Always enjoyed seeing the twin peaks on 🇦🇲 stamps

Don’t think the moon is located in any of the neighbouring countries either

@benoit_cambron 1914 in East Prussia but your point stands

@GunterFehlinger Bóbr Gunther

From Vienna, Austria I love Uzkebistan!

@ThatchEffendi Noel Malcolm’s review written just after the book came out is all you need

Balkanists: Is there a good takedown of Robert Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts? I know there has to be a bunch of them but what's the best?

@ThatchEffendi It’s from Čitluk. Only snakes, rocks and Ustaše there they say

Nice thing about a bougie Tbilisi Expat July 4th is the funky liquor. Can anyone tell of ethnic Croats made this? If it's broadcasting Hercegovina that's my guess.

With the 🇬🇷Greek Labour Inspectorate, we co-hosted a conference in Athens on #SupplyChain ethics & #HumanRights due diligence. Over 120 officials, business and civil society reps discussed ways to combat #humantrafficking and labour exploitation👇osce.org/cthb/594230

@ThatchEffendi Half of the mid-century stuff and some newer pieces I have is weirdly enough from there as well. Brussels definitely has good architecture and design, that’s for sure

Is Belgium Furniture a thing?

@velikinoldini You’d be one of the Lares Familiares in my atrium

@davidnoack Erdogan schien auch nicht all zu froh in dem Video 😂

@FBonertz Absolut geil!

@ThatchEffendi I don’t think Belgrade places have allure of some rundown boozer in some Glasgow suburb. Brown’s does an ‘excellent’ job recreating that sort of setting, including their questionable“blocked loos matter poster” next to the urinal

The bathroom of this English expat pub in Tbilisi feels very Reform Pantry/Belgrade coded.

Exciting side events to close Day 1 of @OSCE #cthb25 Alliance Conference: 🟠#Orphanage trafficking: a global challenge, a shared responsibility for @OSCE participating States - launching new paper with experts Stephen Ucembe, Alicia Herbert, and Emilio Puccio. 🟠Evidence-Based Insights from Greece: Strengthening Protection Systems to Combat Child Trafficking and Exploitation 📢The Conference will resume tomorrow at 10.00 CEST with an interesting Panel 2 - From vulnerability to innovation: addressing risks in child trafficking 🙏🙏for your attention! #OSCEConference2025 #EndChildTrafficking

@GilbreathDustin I get all of that but with a focus on Albanian far right material . Oh, and Holocaust denial of course

Anyone else notice twitter getting worse and worse the last 10 days or so? My feed is a) conspiracy theories b) far right memes c) far right self help

@duns_sc0tus Andre Rieu would be one of the worst examples

Classicalmusicslop is real and it's terrifying

@ThatchEffendi Fürth, Franconia. Even had a strong Franconian accent and remained a big fan of the local football club all his life

@FBonertz Oh fuck, he was Bavarian? I thought he was from Vienna.

Watching Double Indemnity. It's astonishing how much America benefitted from Austria-Hungary; we got Nicola Tesla, Billy Wilder, Edward Teller, Fritz Lang, Henry Kissinger, Andy Warhol. Not to mention the insane number of brilliant Americans born to Austrian immigrants.