Tag: Nobel Peace Prize

China silent, Tibet ‘disappointed’

Norway's Tibet Committee announced over the weekend that it was "disappointed" by the Norwegian government's refusal to receive the Dalai Lama when he arrives...

China lets the politicians squirm

NEWS ANALYSIS: Chinese officials who've been angry with Norway since a Nobel Peace Prize humiliated them in Oslo in 2010 have been able to...

‘Coward’ politicians avoid Dalai Lama

Half of all Norwegians think it's cowardly for Parliamentary President Olemic Thommessen to refuse a meeting with the Dalai Lama when he arrives in...

Parliament chief avoids Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama will travel to Oslo next month to mark 25 years since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On Wednesday the...

Nominations set new Nobel record

The Nobel Peace Prize has drawn another record number of nominations this year, with 278 candidates proposed. That's up from the 259 nominations put...

Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Two Norwegian politicians have nominated the accused spy and American government whistleblower Edward Snowden for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The pair said Snowden...

Nobel concert hunts for new sponsors

Wednesday night's Nobel Peace Prize Concert, with outspoken British singer Morrissey among its cast of entertainers, was due to be shorter this year with...

Disarmament wins Nobel applause

Ahmet Üzümcü of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons formally accepted the Nobel Peace Prize "with great humility" in Oslo on Tuesday, on...

This year’s Nobel among ‘most solid’

The Nobel Peace Prize is known for generating controversy and criticism, along with respect, when its winner is announced every year. This year, as...

Nobel Peace Prize winner ‘optimistic’

The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, landed in...
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