World news about “Nobel Prize” published by euronews.
Poland’s Nobel Prize poet Wislawa Szymborska dies The woman once described as the “Mozart of poetry”, Poland’s 1996 Nobel Prize winner, Wislawa Szymborska has died at her home in Krakow. She was 88. Despite… 02/02/2012
East Timor’s Ramos-Horta to seek second term as president East Timor president and Nobel Peace Laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta is to seek another five-year term in March elections. About 10 presidential hopefuls have now… 31/01/2012
Nobel laureate says euro zone ‘on edge of meltdown’ As the Nobel Awards are about to be handed out in Stockholm, Sweden euronew’s Isabelle Kumar caught up with Economics Prize winner Professor Christopher Sims… 07/12/2011
US economists win Nobel prize The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics have been announced in Stockholm with the award going to US economists Thomas Sargent and Christopher… 10/10/2011
Nobel winners Tawakul Karman & Leymah Gbowee – nocomment Tawakul Karman is congratulated for her Nobel Peace Prize by other women in Yemen. Meanwhile Leymah Gbowee, the leader of the Women For Peace movement… 09/10/2011
Kenya bids farewell to Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai – nocomment The body of Wangari Maathai who died on September 25 and who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaigns to save Kenyan forests has been cremated. 09/10/2011
Crowds cheer Aung San Suu Kyi on first trip outside Yangon – nocomment Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses supporters eager to hear about any sign of a political thaw, during a visit outside of the country’s main… 15/08/2011
Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates birthday in freedom – nocomment Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her birthday in freedom for the first time in nearly a decade. She was joined in celebration by around… 20/06/2011
Bangladesh ousts Yunus Bangladesh’s central bank says it is removing Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus as boss of the microlender Grameen Bank. He was ordered to quit on the… 02/03/2011
Shirin Ebadi on human rights in Iran Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and Nobel peace prize winner. She recently accepted, on behalf of Abdulreza Tajik, an Iranian… 17/12/2010
Gala ceremony for Nobel science and literature laureatesNobel laureates in science, medicine and literature have received their prizes from Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony in Stockholm. They… 11/12/2011
Nobel winner lambasts world over revolution in YemenA woman awarded the Nobel Peace on Saturday has criticised the the lack of international support for the uprising in Yemen. Activist Tawakul Karman is from… 10/12/2011
Liberia’s Johnson-Sirleaf ahead on early vote countPartial results from Liberia’s second presidential poll since a civil war have put newly-named Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the lead. The… 14/10/2011
Peace prize winners vow to continue their workThe winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have been talking about their work and what the award means to them. Three women shared the accolade –… 08/10/2011
Women dominate 2011 Nobel Peace PrizeThis year’s Nobel peace prize has been shared between three women for ‘their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights in… 07/10/2011
Nobel peace prize recognizes womenThe Norwegian Nobel Committee has honoured three women with this year’s peace prize, only the second time in the award’s history that it has been split three… 07/10/2011
Candidates for the Nobel Peace PrizeThe role of a woman involved in the Arab Spring, the revolution that swept through North Africa, could soon be recognised when the Nobel Peace Prize is… 07/10/2011
Sweden’s most famous living poet wins Nobel prizeThe Nobel Prize for Literature has come home to Sweden for the first time in nearly four decades. Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer won this year’s… 06/10/2011
Swedish poet wins Nobel literature prizeThe 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer. The 80-year-old will receive a cash prize of just over one million… 06/10/2011
Israeli scientist wins Nobel chemistry prizeThe 2011 Nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to Israeli scientist Daniel Schechtman for his “discovery of quasicrystals.” Schechtman, a professor at… 05/10/2011
Three starry-eyed winners of Nobel physics prizeThe Nobel Prize for Physics has been won by three Americans for their work mapping the universe. Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess have spent… 04/10/2011
Scientist who wins Nobel award dies before hearing of awardA scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he… 03/10/2011
Trio scoop Nobel Medicine PrizeBruce Beutler of the United States, Jules Hoffmann of France and Ralph Steinman of Canada have won the 2011 Nobel Medicine Prize for their work on the immune… 03/10/2011
First female African Nobel Prize winner diesKenyan Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai has died. The award-winning environmentalist became the first African woman to receive the honour in… 26/09/2011
Suu Kyi tight-lipped on signs of political thawThousands of people have turned out to see Aung San Suu Kyi’s first political trip outside Rangoon *(Yangon) since her release from house arrest in November… 14/08/2011
Xiaobo honoured in Nobel exhibition“I have no enemies,” said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in his last public speech, made almost exactly a year ago – prior to being sentenced to 11… 15/12/2010
Nobel Prize controversy rumbles onThe war of words over the Nobel Peace Prize continues. For the Nobel Committee chairman, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is a champion of human rights, who… 11/12/2010
Take criticism as positive Nobel chair tells ChinaFor the first time since the Nazis prevented a Nobel Peace prize handover, the most prestigious of all international awards had to be deposited on an empty… 11/12/2010
Nobel winners attend gala dinnerThis year’s Nobel Prize winners were honoured in Oslo and Stockholm on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee held a ceremony for Chinese dissident and peace… 11/12/2010
Nobel Peace Prize: China’s AngerThe Nobel award has re-exposed deep-lying divisions between China and the West that had been hidden, to some degree, by growing trade relations. Joining us… 10/12/2010
Liu Xiabao given Nobel Prize but mixed reactions persistOn the streets of Oslo, the atmosphere was chilly, and not just because of the wintry weather. Chinese government supporters clashed with those backing Liu… 10/12/2010
Liu Xiaobo receives controversial Nobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize 2010 has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo in his absence. The Chinese dissident is serving an 11-year jail sentence for subversive… 10/12/2010
Jailed Liu Xiaobo awarded Nobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize 2010 has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo in his absence. The Chinese dissident is serving an 11-year jail sentence for subversive… 10/12/2010
China closes ranks over Nobel Peace PrizeThe international war of words over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident will be a one-sided affair in China. National newspapers talk… 10/12/2010
Nobel Prize to honour jailed Chinese dissidentThe Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo at a ceremony in Oslo on Friday. Dignitaries will gather around an empty chair… 10/12/2010
Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo: A profileThe 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo will be 55 years old in a few days time. Considered by the Chinese Communist party as a constant thorn in their… 09/12/2010
Nobel Committee says Peace Prize not anti-ChinaThe Nobel Committee says the award of its Peace Prize to a leading Chinese dissident is founded on global human rights, and is not an attempt to impose… 09/12/2010
China awards rival prize before Nobel rewards dissidentThe day before the Nobel Peace Prize is due to be given to a jailed Chinese dissident, an alternative award ceremony has been held in Beijing. China has… 09/12/2010
Suu Kyi resumes work in Myanmar’s oppositionPro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has returned to work at her opposition party, just two days after being freed by Myanmar’s military rulers. Her… 15/11/2010
Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi is freedMyanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is free for the first time in seven years. And, as the opposition leader emerged from the home that had been… 13/11/2010
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi is freed from house arrestPro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been freed from seven years of house arrest by Myanmar’s military rulers. She greeted the more than 1,000 supporters… 13/11/2010
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi is released from house arrestMyanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is free. Police removed barricades from outside her home as hundreds of supporters gathered to demand the… 13/11/2010
Awaiting Suu Kyi’s freedomThey waited patiently all day in their hundreds outside her party headquarters and her house. But as Friday drew to a close, there was still no sign that… 13/11/2010
Scientists win Physics Nobel Prize for work on grapheneAndre Geim and Konstantin have won the Nobel prize for Physics thanks to a simple roll of tape and some lead. The two scientists painstakingly divided… 21/10/2010
China’s media puts lid on Nobel winner coverageIt was only a small demonstration in Hong Kong, but they were determined to make their voices heard. The protest took place outside the central government… 11/10/2010
EU’s man in Beijing fails to see Liu XiaOne immediate consequence of the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to Chinese democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobao has been a crackdown on his wife. At the… 11/10/2010
Wife of Nobel Prize winner under house arrestThe wife of Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo, Liu Xia, has confirmed she is under house arrest and is unable to communicate with the outside world. On… 11/10/2010
Wife of Chinese Nobel winner “detained”A US human rights group claims Chinese authorities are detaining the wife of jailed dissident and Nobel Peace Price laureate Liu Xiaobo at her home in… 10/10/2010
Global calls to free Nobel prize winnerDemonstrators in Hong Kong have been calling for the release of jailed Chinese dissident, Liu Xiaobo, who has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. To… 09/10/2010
Liu Xiaobo’s lifetime struggle for democracyThe fight for democracy has been a life long struggle for Liu Xiaobo. The former literature professor is a veteran dissident who’s been a constant thorn in… 08/10/2010
Chinese campaigner wins Nobel Peace PrizeThis year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been won by the chinese dissident and democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobao. A protestor in Tianamen Square in 1989, the… 08/10/2010
Peace Prize Winner – Liu XiaoboThe Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. China has always opposed him winning the award. To find out more about the… 08/10/2010
China angry over dissident’s Nobel PrizeThere has been angry reactions in China to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo. Police have been stationed outside his wife’s home in… 08/10/2010
Nobel Peace Prize goes to jailed Chinese dissidentThe 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to the Chinese political dissident and human rights campaigner Liu Xiabao. The 55-year-old was among the demonstrators… 08/10/2010
Peru’s Vargas Llosa wins the Nobel Prize for LiteratureThe 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. He is one of Latin America’s most significant authors with a… 07/10/2010
Peru’s Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize for LiteratureThe 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. The Nobel Committee handed the 74-year-old the prize for… 07/10/2010
Russians receive Physics prize for material “stronger than steelTwo Russian scientists have won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have developed a new form of carbon called graphene. The… 05/10/2010
IVF pioneer wins medicine Nobel prizeBritish scientist Robert Edwards, whose work led to to the birth of the world’s first ‘test-tube baby’, has won this year’s Noble Prize for Medicine. That… 04/10/2010
“Father of IVF” gets the Nobel prizeThe British scientist whose pioneering work on fertility led to the birth of the world’s first so-called “test-tube” baby has been awarded the Nobel prize for… 04/10/2010
Desmond Tutu to retire from public dutiesSouth African Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu is to retire from public duties later this year. A charismatic figure, the former Anglican archbishop… 22/07/2010
Funeral for Portuguese Nobel Laureate in LisbonHundreds of people have paid their last respects to author, Jose Saramago, the only Portuguese writer to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His… 20/06/2010
Funeral service for Nobel laureate in LisbonThe body of Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago has arrived in Lisbon for a funeral later today. Saramago’s remains were flown from his home on the… 19/06/2010
Obituary: José SaramagoOne of the highlights of José Saramago’s career was at the age of 76, when he received the Nobel prize for literature in 1998. This was a writer who had… 18/06/2010
Nobel Prize winning author Saramago dead at 87Portuguese Nobel-prize winning author Jose Saramago has died at his home in Lanzarote at the age of 87. He moved to the Spanish Canary Islands in symbolic… 18/06/2010
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Protests as Obama accepts Nobel Peace PrizeUS President Barack Obama’s presence in Oslo was not lost on environmentalists who urged him to ‘earn’ his Nobel Peace Prize by getting to grips with global… 11/12/2009
War president defends peace prizePresident Obama has defended what he called the idea of ‘just war’ as he accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. He acknowledged his critics who said… 11/12/2009
Obama defends use of force at Nobel awardUS President Barack Obama has defended the use of force at his acceptance speech for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking in Norway’s capital Oslo, Obama… 10/12/2009
Nobel laureates pick up prizes in StockholmAt a lavish ceremony in Stockholm the 2009 Nobel Prize winners in the categories of Economics, Literature, Chemistry, Physics and Medicine received their… 10/12/2009
Obama in Oslo for Nobel PrizeUS President Barack Obama has defended the use of force at his acceptance speech for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking in Norway’s capital Oslo, Obama… 10/12/2009
Turkey has place in a Europe of “liberté, egalité, and fraternité” says PamukHe is not just the 2006 Nobel Literature Laureate. Orhan Pamuk is also a symbol of Turkey’s struggle to be part of the EU. In recent weeks, he has been… 28/11/2009
Nobel prize institute criticises IranThe diplomatic row over Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and her medal continues as Norway and Iran summon each others ambassadors. Tehran has… 28/11/2009
Iranian Nobel winner’s prize confiscatedNorway has said freedom of expression in Iran is under ‘great pressure’ as it accused Tehran of confiscating the Nobel Peace Prize of Shirin Ebadi. The… 26/11/2009
Soviet H-bomb scientist Ginzburg diesVitaly Ginzburg, the Russian physicist who developed the Soviet H-bomb, has died after a long illness. He was 93. Ginzburg won the Nobel physics prize for… 09/11/2009
First female winner of Nobel economics prizeFor the first time ever the Nobel Prize for Economics has been won by a woman. Professor Elinor Ostrom, from Indiana University, has been given the award… 12/10/2009
Nobel adds pressure on Obama to deliverOne of President Obama’s first acts on entering the White House was to announce a worldwide diplomatic re-engagement, relaunching the Middle East peace… 10/10/2009
Nobel award more for promise than achievementsThe Nobel Committee indicated its decision was based on the impact Obama’s presidency has had on world diplomacy in just a few short months. The judges… 09/10/2009
Americans react to Obama’s Nobel winPeople in the US have been giving their reactions, and it seems not everyone agrees it was the right choice. One man in New York said: “Gandhi struggled… 09/10/2009
Obama: Peace prize not mine aloneUS President Barack Obama has said he is “surprised and humbled” to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. In his first public reaction to the news that defied most… 09/10/2009
World leaders hail Obama’s peace prizeThe German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was among the first world leaders to heap praise on Obama for winning the Nobel award. In a very short time, she… 09/10/2009
“Extraordinary efforts” win Obama Nobel prizeHe was not thought to be among the frontrunners but Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The surprise announcement was made by the Nobel… 09/10/2009
Obama wins Nobel peace prizeIn a surpise move the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has announced this year’s award has gone to US President Barack Obama. Obama had not been considered… 09/10/2009
Record field for Nobel Peace PrizeWanted: a peacemaker engaged in a current conflict, whose influence would benefit from worldwide recognition. Last year, it was Martti Ahtissari, the former… 09/10/2009
Romanian/German author wins Nobel prizeA life spent chronicling the brutality of dictatorships has propelled Romanian-born German Herta Mueller to this year’s Nobel Literature prize. The… 09/10/2009
Mueller surprise winner of Nobel Literature AwardThe Nobel committee has surprised many with the announcement that this year’s literature prize has gone to Herta Mueller. The official making the… 08/10/2009
Herta Müller wins Nobel literature prizeThe 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to German writer Herta Müller. The Swedish Academy that decides the winner recognised her ability to… 08/10/2009
Nobel Prize for “immortality enzyme”Three Americans have been honoured with the 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine. Carol Greidner is a molecular biology and genetics professor at the John Hopkins… 05/10/2009
Three share Nobel Prize for medicineThree US researchers, Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostack, have won the 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine for their discovery of how chromosomes… 05/10/2009
