World churches head one of three religious leaders acknowledged for their role in building peace
The acting head of the World Council of Churches was among three international religious leaders who were this week honoured with a Bridge Builder Award for their role in building bridges of understanding between people, communities and nations. The award, which is given by the Jury of the 14th August Committee Norway together with The Oslo Center, was […]
Deaths in Norway attack came from stab wounds, not bow and arrow, police say
Oslo, NorwayReuters Five people killed in a small Norwegian town last week were all stabbed to death and not shot with a bow and arrows as initially suspected, police said on Monday. Four women and one man, aged between 52 and 78-years-old, were killed in the 13th October attacks in Kongsberg, a town about 70 […]
Explainer: How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?
Oslo, NorwayReuters The winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on 8th October in Oslo. Here is a look at how the award works: Who can win?The prize should go to the person “who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, […]
Norway mourns 77 slain a decade ago in extremist attack
Oslo/Kristiansand, NorwayAP Church bells rang out across Norway on Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of the country’s worst peacetime slaughter as leaders called for renewed efforts to fight the extremism behind the attack that left 77 people dead. Norway was united in “shock, grief and anger,” said King Harald, speaking at an evening memorial […]
Norway marks 10 years since Breivik’s deadly attacks
Oslo, NorwayReuters Norway on Thursday marks 10 years since anti-immigrant extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in the worst act of violence in the country since World War II. Breivik detonated a car bomb outside the prime minister’s office in Oslo, killing eight, before driving to Utoeya island and shooting 69 people at a […]
10 years after Breivik attacks, survivors seek to confront far-right extremism
Uoteya, NorwayReuters Nearly 10 years after Anders Behring Breivik tried to kill her on the Norwegian island of Utoeya, Astrid Hoem is back there to explain to a group of teenagers how she ran for her life and hid in a beach cove while Breivik murdered others around her. “He shot a girl next to […]
E-transport boom could see first major European city go car free in 2020
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Next year will see the first major European city to ban private cars, a leading tech investor has predicted, saying a boom in electric-powered bikes and scooters was driving a green “revolution”. Norwegian capital Oslo and bike-friendly Amsterdam in the Netherlands are both candidates to become the first to go car-free […]
Church leaders celebrate awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN
Beatrice Fihn, ICAN executive director (right), and Setsuko Thurlow (centre), a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, receive the award at a ceremony at the Oslo City Hall on Sunday. PICTURE: Albin Hillert/World Council of Churches Church leaders in Norway and around the world have celebrated the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the […]