A new podcast series on ethics in peace negotiations is now available on Spotify.
"The unfortunate dual calamities hitting Turkey and Greece in the first half of 2023 in the forms of a devastating earthquake and horrendous train crash respectively, revived memories of the summer of 1999, when two major destructive earthquakes hit Istanbul and Athens.
The PRIO project “On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation” (FAIR) organized a workshop in Cyprus in partnership with the PRIO Cyprus Centre, PRIO Middle East Centre, and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, 19-21 October.
“Energy could be a good platform for reconciliation in politically laden regions, like Cyprus and beyond, but unfortunately, it has become yet another chapter in the book of the conflict.
Interview with Harry Tzimitras
On 9-10 September 2021, around 20 researchers met for a hybrid online-offline workshop to share their research on specific cases of ethical issues in peace negotiations and mediation.
In a series of brief blog posts, researchers of the PRIO Middle East Centre offer their reflections on the unfolding Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
The Association for Social Reform – OPEK in collaboration with the Web - Portal of Newspaper Politis organizes a web - discussion titled: The “day after” Geneva Conference Structured policies and win-win solutions or blame game and chaotic discussions?
Following the 5+1 talks in Geneva convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Ο Όμιλος Προβληματισμού για τον Εκσυγχρονισμό της Κοινωνίας μας - ΟΠΕΚ σε συνεργασία με το Web - Portal της Εφημερίδας “Politis”οργανώνουν διαδικτυακή συζήτηση με θέμα “ΟΙ ΑΓΩΓΟΙ «ΟΝΕΙΡΟ» ΣΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟ Συσχετισμοί, ανατροπές, λύσεις”
So writes Harry Tzimitras in an opinion article entitled 'The Eastern Mediterranean Quagmire' in the International Politics and Society journal.
What makes peace negotiations fair?This is the over-arching question asked in the project On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation, which has now received three years of NORGLOBAL funding from the Research Council of Norway.
PRIO Cyprus Centre has just been admitted to EuroMeSCo, the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission, with full membership.
On 2-4 February, PRIO co-organized a conference in Kyrenia (north Cyprus) titled Youth in Iraq: Developing Capacities for Active Citizenship.
Nimet Beriker, professor of conflict resolution, has been appointed Global Fellow.
Welcome remarks: Kyriacos Pierides Discussants: Charalambos Ellinas, Antonis Patsalis and Harry Tzimitras
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Itwas an honor to receive a visit from the Foreign Affairs Minister, BørgeBrende together with the delegation from the Norwegian Ministry, at the PRIO Cyprus Centre last Friday, 6 May 2016.
The Summer Seminar on Nationalism, Religion and Violence organized by Charles University in Prague and International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki, supported by the LSEE, PRIO and CEFRES, is preparing for its fourth year.
2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the PRIO Cyprus Centre
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Conference and Report
PRIO Cyprus Centre Annual Conference 2013
Summer School in Thessaloniki
The PRIO Cyprus Centre is launching two publications at the event Women's Peace: Applying UNSCR 1325 to Cyprus and the Region.
Harry Tzimitras is the new Director of the PRIO Cyprus Centre, starting 1 September 2012.