Tag: Nobel Peace Prize

Dalai Lama came and went quietly

When exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama visited Norway last year, it set off huge controversy because the new conservative government refused to officially meet...

Laureates decry attack on school

UPDATED: New Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi was among those decrying a murderous Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan on Tuesday, calling it "one of...

Nobel leader hits back at critics

Thorbjørn Jagland, the often-criticized chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, has finally responded to debate that flew last week over the qualifications of committee members, not...

Mexican Nobel protester deported

The young Mexican student who disrupted last week's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, in an attempt to draw attention to kidnappings and violence in his...

Police pounded over Nobel ‘scandal’

UPDATED: Norwegian police were being roundly accused on Thursday of failing to respond quickly to a potential threat and failing  to ensure the safety of,...

The Peace Prize’s ‘two new jewels’

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were hailed on Wednesday for being what Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjørn Jagland called "two new jewels in the history of...

Mexican protester stormed the stage at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo

UPDATED: A young Mexican student who arrived in Norway last month and sought asylum this week stormed the stage of the Nobel Peace Prize...

Malala: ‘Peace Prize is not a burden’

The youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, said in Oslo on Tuesday that winning the prize is not the...

Critics blast critics of Nobel committee

Political debate continued to fly this week over criticism lodged against the Norwegian Nobel Committee during the weekend by its own retiring secretary Geir Lundestad, the longtime...

Busy days loom for Nobel winners

The two winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, children's advocates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai, have landed in Oslo and face a festive if...
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