Tag: Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel ceremony as Mandela hailed

This year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, always held on December 10, will proceed on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people simultaneously...

Norway mourns death of Mandela

Nelson Mandela's "special relationship" with Norway was prompting an outpouring of tributes on Friday, following the death of the freedom fighter and Nobel laureate....

Jagland’s Council bid launched

The Norwegian government has decided to launch Thorbjørn Jagland's candidacy for re-election as secretary general of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Jagland himself...

New minister may melt China freeze

Now both China and Norway have new governments, and the appointment of Børge Brende as Norway's new foreign minister has further raised hopes that...

Nobel committee due for changes

Thorbjørn Jagland, a former Norwegian prime minister who currently heads the Council of Europe, wants to hang on to his post as chairman of...

Disarmament group wins Peace Prize

UPDATED: After several years of awarding Nobel Peace Prizes that have stirred massive controversy, the Norwegian Nobel Committee this year selected a winner that may...

Nobel Prize wins broad support

Alfred Nobel himself would probably have been satisfied and Norwegian politicians certainly were, when the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday that the Nobel Peace...

Nobel speculation centers on Malala

UPDATED: Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee have been huddling inside the Nobel Institute in Oslo to choose this year's winner of the Nobel...

Norway attracts more Chinese students

More Chinese students than ever are applying to study in Norway, not least at business school NHH in Bergen. The increase comes despite chilly...

Former Nobel leader dies

Ole Danbolt Mjøs, a former chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee that chooses the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, died earlier this week...
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