What a good idea, this day! To reflect, take stock, to enjoy peace, to deplore non-peace. And the first reflection is this: peace is the normal condition of humanity, just like health. There is so much plain, simple, decent behavior around, so much mutual aid, a helping hand, companionship, friendship, good neighborhood when bad luck…
Category: 2014
celebration of the international peace day on sunday 21st september
The preparation are going their way. It has been some weeks now and all the ambassadors are working hard to plan the celebrations which we will have on sunday 21st september in Moss. They have already secured an article which came out today in byavisa, the local free newspaper which is distributed directly in your…
New Team : BFV ambassadors for 2014-2015
Today we had our first meeting with the BFV ambassadors. They are engaged youth that for some of them have come to the seminar this year for the first time, (Hedda, Aleksander, and Sol Marie) and some have been there for the second year (Ellen) and even 2 of them (Vilde and Jørgen) for the…
Johan Galtung singing…
Tomorrow evening we will have the immense honour to host Prof. Johan Vincent Galtung. I thought it would nice to hear him sing a song. This song is very special. It is for french people very famous, it is the famous anti-militaristic ode: Le Déserteur, by Boris Vian, 1954. Galtung himself was jailed for six…
a message from our friends and colleagues of SADAKA REUT (israeli-palestinian friendship)
Dear friends and partners, Once again we find ourselves in the midst of yet another violent escalation of the conflict. We are appalled and deeply saddened by the turning of these events. We mourn the death of over 700 women, men and children and thousands of wounded in Gaza to date. As all other citizens…
Dialogue vs. Debate – what really is the difference?
During the Nobel Peace Price Forum this year, after His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivered his inspiring speech, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to ask him a question: “How would you describe the world today in just one word?” He replied with the priceless response: “It’s complicated”. Living in this complicated world, people…
The convention of Moss
The Convention of Moss was a cease fire agreement, signed August 14, 1814, between the Swedish King and the Norwegian government. It followed the Swedish-Norwegian War due to Norway’s claim to sovereignty. It also became the de facto peace agreement and formed the basis for the personal union between Sweden and Norway that was established…
We are in the press – 24 march 2014
Konventionsgård
Det som i dag kalles Konventionsgaarden i Moss var opprinnelig hovedbygningen på Moss Jernverk. Bygningen er et minnesmerke fra 1814 – 14. august undertegnet kong Christian Frederik Mossekonvensjonen her. Mest sannsynlig er Konventionsgaarden den tredje i rekken av hovedbygninger på Verket. Den første var et våningshus i tømmer som ble kalt forvaltergården og den andre var svalgangsgården i to etasjer som ble bygget…
The Norwegian Constitution & Research
The Research Council of Norway’s initiative in connection with this year’s bicentennial of the Norwegian Constitution comprises eight very different research projects. All of them are yielding new answers as well as prompting new questions about the Constitution and its significance. “When the Storting (Norwegian national assembly) was deciding how to celebrate the Constitution’s bicentennial,…
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