Nadarajah Sethurupan

Peace negotiators of the incoming Duterte administration and representatives of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF), among them NDF founding chairman Jose Maria Sison, are about to …

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg hopes Donald Trump would show the world a different face if he succeeds in winning the U.S. presidency. “A lot of what Donald Trump says …

Norway’s prime minister has bad news for U.K. Euroskeptics who hope to copy Oslo’s relationship with the European Union if they get their way in next week’s referendum. “They won’t …

The peace talks between FARC rebel leaders and the Colombian government have been in process for over three years in Havana, Cuba. The Colombian government and FARC rebels are getting …

 Lebanon Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, continued his state visit to Norway, and met on Tuesday with his counterpart Borge Brende, as well as with Norwegian Minister of Migration and Integration, …

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Jonathan Pershing will travel to Europe, June 15–18, including visits to Oslo, Norway and Santiago de Compostela, Spain. On Wednesday, June 15, Pershing …

Norway’s Statkraft is launching a process to sell its partly built Çetin hydropower plant in Turkey, with the deal expected by the end of this year, the state-owned power producer …

A phase-out of coal has long been on the cards. Now, a study by Norwegian energy giant Statoil has shown that it needs to be done quickly if climate targets …

2016 Oslo Forum with the theme of ‘senior conflict mediators, high level decision makers and key peace process actors ‘ started work on Tuesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says only diplomacy and not military approaches can settle the five-year-old crisis in Syria. “The Syrian crisis can be only resolved politically, and a …

Fjord1, one of the leading public transportation companies of Norway, has signed a new building contract with Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard for two fully electrical, battery-powered ferries, it said in a …

Norway is poised to adopt a carbon neutral target for 2030, despite resistance from the minority coalition government. In a parliamentary debate on Tuesday morning, opposition lawmakers had a majority …

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Oslo REDD Exchange. And it is with great hope that I see the recent developments in …

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Norwegian side to further promote cooperation with Vietnam in fields of the North European country’s …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in a meeting in Oslo discussed a range of issues, from closer bilateral ties to the regional developments …

With Britain set to vote in a referendum on European Union membership on June 23, attention is turning to possible models for what a post-EU life would look like. Much …

The Saber Strike 2016 international military exercises have begun in Estonia. Approximately 10,000 soldiers will participate, of which 1,500 are from the US. The remaining soldiers come from Estonia, Denmark, …

NCRI – Commenting on the trip by the Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister to Norway, Amb. Perviz Khazai, the representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Nordic …

Norway is now the world’s leading whaling nation, killing more whales in the past two years than Japan and Iceland combined. A new report released today calls on the international …

Ground forces from 13 nations are rehearsing in Latvia and Estonia amassing a large-scale force for a future crisis – from loading prepositioned equipment from caves in Norway onto a …

Smuggled garlic and long border queues could supersede diesel laundering and free-flowing traffic should British voters chose to take the United Kingdom – and with it 17 per cent of …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and consulted with two former prime ministers of Norway. Kjell Magne Bondevik and Kåre Willoch who served as prime ministers of Norway from …

On June 14th and 15th, 500 politicians, private sector companies, indigenous peoples representatives, researchers and civil society organizations from all over the world gather in Oslo to discuss how to …

The Canadian Prime Minister has today announced that there is reason to believe that the Canadian hostage in the Philippines, Robert Hall, has been killed by the terrorist group Abu …

Norway will host the sixth World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Oslo 21-23 June 2016. The Congress will attract 1300 participants from over 80 countries, including ministers, parliamentarians, academics, …