Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Prize winners Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad urged world leaders to end sexual violence around the world. The laudable accomplishments of Nobel Prize winners Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are …

Two inspirational campaigners spoke of the fight against rape and sexual violence as weapons of war when they received their Nobel Peace Prizes today. Dr Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps …

Statement by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Monday 10 December, where Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege will recieve the …

Nobel peace laureates Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege said Sunday they hoped their award would help them push the international community to act to end rape in conflict and deliver …

The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Simonovic, welcomes the awarding of the first Nobel Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to Denis Mukwege, Congolese …

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as …

The City of Oslo, the University of Oslo, the Norwegian Nobel Institute and the Nobel Peace Center invite the city’s population to celebrate Oslo Peace Days for eight full days …

There will be no Nobel Peace Prize Concert this year. The decision emerges from a wish to re-think the concert format and content but also reflects the challenging financial situation …

A member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is condemning President Trump for the “zero tolerance” immigration policy that has resulted in separated families, saying that the president is “no longer …

A pair of Norwegian politicians has nominated US president Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement released on Thursday, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a lawmaker, and Per-Willy Amundsen, …

Two lawmakers from Norway’s Progress Party, which is a part of the country’s government coalition, have nominated US President Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize because of his …

Eighteen House Republicans have formally nominated President Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in helping to improve relations between North and South Korea. Led by Rep. …

An anti-nuclear weapons campaign group accepted the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize during the elaborate awards ceremony on Sunday in Oslo. The Norwegian Nobel Committee had picked the International Campaign to …

OSLO/LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2017—The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Concert today announced joining forces with one of the largest and most innovative providers of visual effects and immersive experiences, Digital …

As part of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition, Ban the Bomb, the Nobel Peace Center presents five personal artefacts left by victims of the 1945 nuclear bombs, showing for …

Oslo, Norway – December 7, 2017 – Nobel Peace Prize Concert organizers today announced that one of the six existing “Hibaku Pianos,” a remarkable collection of pianos which survived the …

Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist, has made the claim that bitcoin ‘ought to be outlawed,’ at a time when the digital currency is experiencing record highs. In a Bloomberg Television …

Nobel Peace Prize Concert organizers today announced that Norwegian DJ/producer Matoma is confirmed for the 24th annual event in Oslo, Norway on December 11th at Telenor Arena, honoring the Nobel …

Nobel Peace Laureate Lech Walesa had a conversation lead by Liv Tørres, Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Center in Norway titled “Peace and Justice: the humanity global path towards sustainable development” within the 39th session …

An 85-year-old Canadian woman who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing and will jointly accept this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to show his leadership …

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017. The Norwegian committee said it had given the award “to draw attention to the …

The organisation said the rules did not stipulate the possibility of taking the honour away from laureates. The Norwegian Nobel Institute, which selects the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize, …

As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and others in Washington mourned the death of the long-imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a Communist Party-affiliated newspaper in Beijingsaid the Nobel peace prize …

It was China’s decision to jail Liu Xiaobo for 11 years over a call for peaceful democratic reform that spurred the Norwegian Nobel committee to honour him with its peace …

The Norwegian Nobel Committee condemned the Chinese authorities in a rare statement. Liu Xiaobo, the first and so far the only Chinese citizen who has won the Nobel Peace Prize, …