Peace Talks

Recent developments, including the killings of former FARC fighters and arrest of its future representative Jesus Santrich, have put the process at stake.   The Cuban and Norwegian governments, which …

(BERGEN, Norway) – The Holberg Prize—one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, law or theology—named US legal scholar …

Several foreign media reported that Oslo will host talks between North Korea and the United States. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry kept silent. Spokesman of China’s Foreign Ministry, Shi Xiang claimed …

President Duterte wants to end guerrilla wars with both communist and Muslim rebels in the country. Peace negotiations between the Philippine government and Maoist rebels started anew Sunday in Oslo, …

Representatives of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania visited the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) yesterday between the occupied Tskhinvali region and the rest of Georgia. The group …

Bringing together ministerial representatives from 70 delegations, including from the EU and the region but also the wider international community, the United Nations, major donors and civil society, humanitarian and …

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos thanked Cuba, Norway and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Thursday, for their contribution to the process of dialogues with the FARC-EP, culminated …

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende sees increasing chances for the Duterte administration forging a peace deal between the Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Speaking at …

Secretary General of the Islamic Jihad, Ramadan Shalah, is urging Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to “pluck up his courage” and cancel the Oslo agreement, according to the PNN. …

Negotiating panels of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front are expected to exchange drafts on the proposed bilateral ceasefire and craft an amnesty proclamation as peace talks are …

Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Perez, a.k.a. the “Godfather of the Oslo Accords” has died at the age of 93, after suffering a stroke. For posterity, Perez, was the Israeli …

SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody, and welcome to an important event to kick off a lot of events here in the course of the UNGA week. My co-chair and good …

The Philippines government and communist rebels agreed to an indefinite cease-fire to end five decades of conflict in Asia’s longest-running insurgency. The unilateral cease-fire came after peace talks in Oslo …

‘The Philippine government and the Communist movement NDFP are coming to Oslo to resume formal peace negotiations in a conflict which has been running for 47 years. We are very …

The Philippine government and communist rebels have agreed to a truce, ahead of the resumption of peace talks in Norway, and just a week after President Rodrigo Duterte abruptly called …

The Foreign Minister of Norway Borge Brende on Thursday moved away from making statement on Kashmir and Pakistan State terrorism, saying he is more interested in playing the role of a …

A Manila court on Friday allowed communist leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon to post bail and join in the resumption of formal peace negotiations with the government in Oslo, Norway …

The Philippines Supreme Court has granted a petition filed by the presidential office for the temporary release of two jailed communist leaders to enable them to participate in renewed peace …

A Norwegian district court has ruled a group of oil workers are entitled to an extra month’s pay, after they were terminated by email. In a class action lawsuit filed …

‘I am very pleased that the parties to the conflict have now reached agreement on the key issue in the negotiations: laying down of arms and a definitive bilateral ceasefire …

Representatives of the Philippines’ incoming president and the country’s communist party have concluded informal preliminary talks in Norway that may lead to possible peace negotiations, a former congressman working in …

The Colombian government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are making progress in peace talks, and a deal to end Latin America’s longest-running conflict is in sight, …

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 …

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 …

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, …