Nadarajah Sethurupan

The FARC-EP delegation participating in the negotiations with the Colombian government met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende, in which the guerrilla informed on the progresses of the peace process. …

A U.N. envoy said Wednesday that deadlocked talks to reunify ethnically split Cyprus were at risk of being derailed amid a dispute over rights to search for offshore gas. Espen …

The government and communist insurgents have agreed to resume their off-and-on peace talks after more than a year since their negotiations bogged down in Oslo, Norway, which has been retained …

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 to India’s hindu Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani Muslim teenager Malala Yousafzai “for their struggle against the suppression of …

Norway announced Tuesday that it was delaying the meeting of an international donor group for the Palestinian Authority (PA), planned for next week, in light of the kidnapping of three …

‘I am pleased that we can now see a positive development in South Sudan. IGAD and the parties deserve recognition for having taken an important step towards a peaceful solution …

‘It is very positive that talks with the ELN rebels have started in Colombia. Lasting, stable peace in Colombia will not be possible without a political solution that includes both …

The Myanmar Peace Support Initiative (MPSI), a Norwegian government-backed project to mobilize international support for Burma’s peace process, will continue despite criticism and the fact that it was originally set …

Ron Pundak, an architect of the 1993 Oslo agreement between Israel and the PLO, died at home of cancer Friday, aged 59, Israeli daily Haaretz reported. In the early 1990s, …

The British historian Michael Cook is awarded ‘the Nobel Prize of the arts, humanities, social sciences, law and theology’. Terje Lohndal is the youngest recipient ever to be awarded the …

Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon thanked Norway and Venezuela for their support of the peace process between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), begun in 2012 …

After leaving Sri Lanka, Tomas was asked to lead Norway´s global efforts for peace as head of the section for peace and reconciliation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In …

Thousands of Romanians have expressed anger at a decision by the Oslo authorities to take five children away from their Romanian-Norwegian parents over allegations of mistreatment. Over 62,000 people in …

According to national broadcaster NOS, around 2,000 people joined the protest in a town of 27,000. Two police officers were among those hurt late on Wednesday when demonstrators began throwing …

Oslo hangs in the balance. But, the xenophobic right is fairly and squarely defeated. Norway’s local elections on Monday produced “a hung city,” with the right coming first with 28 …

60 years after the Nordic Passport Union was established, Norway again introduces border control between the kingdom and neighboring countries. The Nordic Passport Union, established in 1955, allows citizens of …

The Hague Conference has, for more than a century, concerned itself with the protection under civil law of children at risk in cross-frontier situations. During the last part of the …

Jonas Gahr Store was Saturday elected leader of Norway‘s opposition Labour Party, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg who later this year takes over as head of NATO. Store, 53, was foreign minister …

The new Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, presented Norway new government Wednesday afternoon. The new government consists of 11 representatives from the Conservative Party (Høyre) and seven representatives from the Progress …

Prospects of Oslo’s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics going ahead could depend on the outcome of the National Congress of the Progress Party, the junior coalition partner …

Erna Solberg, the new Prime Minister of Norway, has pledged to establish a NOK100 billion (€12.4 billion), five-year infrastructure fund, paid for by oil revenues. The fund would be used …

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Monday announced his government‘s formal resignation after it presented its last budget to parliament. Stoltenberg‘s government will stay on as caretakers, pending the formation of …

Norwegians voted in a Conservative ruling party led by Erna Solberg, ending an eight-year tenure for Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg that was marked by economic stability and an unprecedented domestic …

Norway‘s Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg concluded exploratory talks Monday with three other parties on forming a coalition government. Solberg, the leaders of the right-wing populist Progress Party, and the …

A young Norwegian politician who is the son of prominent parliamentarians has resigned from his post and admitted to hacking into several young womens’ data and distributing nude pictures of …