The tradition of the Olympic Truce dates back to the 9th century BC, in Ancient Greece. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to revive this ancient concept in order to protect the interests of the athletes and sport in general. The idea The tradition of the "Truce" or "Ekecheiria" was [...]

A series of short TV documentaries about life in Bosnia and Hercegovina 20 years after the start of the 1992-95 war which tore the country apart. The films, produced by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting - IWPR - and Mebius Film, feature people whose lives were changed by the war, [...]

By Lawrence S. Wittner It’s heartening to see that an agreement has been reached to ensure that Iran honors its commitment, made when it signed the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to forgo developing nuclear weapons. But what about the other key part of the NPT, Article VI, which commits [...]

By Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence on January 21, 2014 Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.... A genuine revolution of values means in the final analysis that our [...]

The Global Good News provides a news summary of the positive peace trends in order to offer inspiring, uplifting news to help people to realize that good news is even more newsworthy than bad news. It is put together by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his followers who call this period [...]

Agreement with a SSDM in Jonglei state ends nearly three years of the rebellion that has left hundreds dead. The deal with the South Sudan Democratic Movement was agreed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where South Sudan signed a ceasefire with rebels who took up arms after soldiers loyal [...]