Tag: Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel nomination stirs up a storm

The conservative Progress Party's decision to ultimately nominate their former leader Carl I Hagen for a seat on the Norwegian Nobel Committee has set...

Nobel Committee catches more flak

The Norwegian committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize winners every year has once again found itself caught in conflict. Critics, now including nearly 20...

Changes loom on the Nobel Committee

Berit Reiss-Andersen, who took over as leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee just a few months ago, may have carried out her first and...

Peace Prize prods nuclear arms ban

The Norwegian Nobel Committee sent a powerful anti-nuclear weapons message on Friday, not least to its home country of Norway itself. Its decision to...

Nobel prize funding comes under fire

Just hours before the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 was to be announced in Oslo on Friday came reports of a major "paradox" regarding...

Iran Nuclear Deal tops Nobel lists

The Iran Nuclear Deal and those who organized its negotiations top the lists of two Norwegian experts' preferred candidates for this year's Nobel Peace...

Brende adds to pressure on Suu Kyi

Foreign Minister Børge Brende has joined international calls for Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi to stop the violence against the Rohingya Muslims...

Nobel leader denied a visa to China

The leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee was denied a visa to China on Friday. Berit Reiss-Andersen wanted to take part in the funeral...

Solberg under new attack over Liu

Prime Minister Erna Solberg was under attack again on Friday by human rights activists who think she has betrayed her own government's human rights...

Nobel Peace Center honours Liu Xiaobo

The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo was mourning the death of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo on Thursday and announced that it had set...
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