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Who Will Receive Nobel Economics Prize 2024?
The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the Nobel economics prize on Monday, with specialists on credit, the role of government, and wealth inequality seen as possible contenders.
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European Politicians Want Zelensky Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize: Report
Several current and former European politicians addressed the Norwegian Nobel Committee with a request to nominate Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, and for this reason extend the nomination procedure until March 31.
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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony To Be Held In Person This Year
The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, held online last year due to the pandemic, will go ahead in person in December with the 2021 laureates both in attendance, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Tuesday.
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.
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Nobel Committee "Appalled" By Arrest Of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Monday called for the immediate release of Myanmar's leader and former peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, after she was detained during a military coup.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Won't Be Stripped Of Nobel Peace Prize: Nobel Committee
The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar's military carried out mass killings of Muslim Rohingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday.
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Anti-Nuclear Campaign ICAN Wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, as the Norwegian Nobel Committee warned that the risk of a nuclear conflict is greater than for a long time.
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 has been awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011," the Norwegian Nobel Committee declared today.
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Why the Nobel Peace Prize is Always Given by Norway
Ever wondered why the Nobel Peace Prize is given by a Norwegian Committee in Oslo and not in the Swedish capital unlike the other Nobel awards?
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Sochi 2014: Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen becomes greatest Winter Olympics athlete ever
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen, who along with Canadian women's hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser was elected to the International Olympic Committee recently, now has 13 career Winter Olympics medals, including eight gold.
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Nelson Mandela 'one of the greatest names' in Nobel history: committee
The Norwegian Nobel committee paid tribute today to Nelson Mandela, calling him "one of the greatest names in the long history of the Nobel Peace Prize".
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Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons won this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for its extensive efforts" to rid the world of such arsenals, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
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US rights group urges Nobel Peace Prize for WikiLeaks soldier
A US rights group has collected over 100,000 signatures urging the Norwegian Nobel committee to give this year's Peace Prize to Bradley Manning, a US soldier convicted of leaking classified US government files touching on military policy.
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European Union awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The European Union received the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday, honoured by the Norwegian committee which looked beyond Europe's current malaise to recognise its decades of stability and democracy after the horrors of two world wars.
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From 205 names, Nobel committee chose most visible
The five-member Norwegian Nobel committee spent seven months before deciding to give the Nobel Peace Prize to the most famous man on the planet, Barack Obama.
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Who Will Receive Nobel Economics Prize 2024?
The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the Nobel economics prize on Monday, with specialists on credit, the role of government, and wealth inequality seen as possible contenders.
-
European Politicians Want Zelensky Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize: Report
Several current and former European politicians addressed the Norwegian Nobel Committee with a request to nominate Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, and for this reason extend the nomination procedure until March 31.
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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony To Be Held In Person This Year
The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, held online last year due to the pandemic, will go ahead in person in December with the 2021 laureates both in attendance, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Tuesday.
-
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.
-
Nobel Committee "Appalled" By Arrest Of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Monday called for the immediate release of Myanmar's leader and former peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, after she was detained during a military coup.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Won't Be Stripped Of Nobel Peace Prize: Nobel Committee
The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar's military carried out mass killings of Muslim Rohingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday.
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Anti-Nuclear Campaign ICAN Wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, as the Norwegian Nobel Committee warned that the risk of a nuclear conflict is greater than for a long time.
-
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 has been awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011," the Norwegian Nobel Committee declared today.
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Why the Nobel Peace Prize is Always Given by Norway
Ever wondered why the Nobel Peace Prize is given by a Norwegian Committee in Oslo and not in the Swedish capital unlike the other Nobel awards?
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Sochi 2014: Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen becomes greatest Winter Olympics athlete ever
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen, who along with Canadian women's hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser was elected to the International Olympic Committee recently, now has 13 career Winter Olympics medals, including eight gold.
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Nelson Mandela 'one of the greatest names' in Nobel history: committee
The Norwegian Nobel committee paid tribute today to Nelson Mandela, calling him "one of the greatest names in the long history of the Nobel Peace Prize".
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Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons won this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for its extensive efforts" to rid the world of such arsenals, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
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US rights group urges Nobel Peace Prize for WikiLeaks soldier
A US rights group has collected over 100,000 signatures urging the Norwegian Nobel committee to give this year's Peace Prize to Bradley Manning, a US soldier convicted of leaking classified US government files touching on military policy.
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European Union awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The European Union received the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday, honoured by the Norwegian committee which looked beyond Europe's current malaise to recognise its decades of stability and democracy after the horrors of two world wars.
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From 205 names, Nobel committee chose most visible
The five-member Norwegian Nobel committee spent seven months before deciding to give the Nobel Peace Prize to the most famous man on the planet, Barack Obama.
