The memorial is designed in the shape of an olive leaf, to symbolise Martti Ahtisaari's commitment to working for peace.

Dignitaries bid farewell to former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, a Social Democrat and Nobel laureate who held the office through the end of the 1990s.

Crowds lined the route of the funeral cortege as it made its way from the city's Lutheran Cathedral to the cemetery where President Ahtisaari was laid to rest among other former presidents of the ...

Finnish diplomat and statesman, Martti Ahtisaari (86), who died earlier this month, played a key role in the way in which Namibia became independent.

Gerry Adams, in paying tribute to the former Finnish president, peacemaker, international mediator and Nobel Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari, who has died aged 86, noted how he played a “crucial ...

Martti Ahtisaari, former Finnish president, global peace broker and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 86 He helped reach peace accords related to Serbia's withdrawal from Kosovo in the late 1990s ...

Henning Melber is a member of SWAPO since 1974. Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president, died on 16 October at the age of 86. Born in eastern Finland, he was two years old when his family ...

Analysis - Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president, died on 16 October at the age of 86. Born in eastern Finland, he was two years old when his family fled from the Russian invasion at the ...

Martti Ahtisaari, Finland's former president and a global peace broker who was awarded the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize for his work to resolve international conflicts, has died.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Martti Ahtisaari, a gifted diplomat and former president of Finland who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his patient ...

HELSINKI -- Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday. He ...