The three women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this weekend are “linked by their commitment to change”, democracy, justice and peace, according to one of the proud winners. Read the full story

It was announced earlier this afternoon in the Norwegian capital, Oslo that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to US President Barack Obama. Read the full story

The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former Finnish President Martii Ahtisaari by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for his “important efforts” in resolving global conflicts. Ahtisaari is rumoured to have been a candidate for the past few years, and has finally received his deserved recognition as a peacemaker.

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The first Lennon-Ono Peace Prize was awarded this afternoon in a ceremony in Reykjavik on John Lennon’s birthday. Yoko is in Iceland to light the Imagine Peace Tower which will shine until 8 December, the day Lennon was shot.

In a rare piece of good news for Iceland, the entire country was chosen to receive the award in light of its many hundreds of years at peace. President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson received the award on Read the full story

Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, arrives in Iceland today to present the Lennon-Ono Peace Prize and to reignite the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island in Reykjavik Bay.

The Peace Prize will be presented in Reykjavik at 14.00 tomorrow, 9th October, John Lennon’s birthday, Visir.is reports. Tomorrow evening Ono will sail to Videy Island to light the Peace Tower at 20.00. Last year, at the light’s grand opening, fellow Beatle Ringo Starr accompanied Ono to Videy to commemorate Lennon’s memory and the vision for world peace. Starr is Read the full story