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Norwegian Nobel Committee

Norwegian Nobel Committee
The latest news and top stories on the Norwegian Nobel Committee. A Oslo-based awarding body, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is dedicated to selecting the recipient of the annual Nobel Peace Prize. Its primary mission involves identifying individuals or organisations that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind in the field of peace.
Iranian rights campaigner and Nobel prize winner Narges Mohammadi. Photo: Narges Mohammadi Foundation / AFP
Iran

Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to over 7 more years in prison

The human rights activist’s lawyer said Mohammadi’s convictions include collusion and propaganda. She is currently on hunger strike.

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Fifa

Fifa boss sorry for offending British football fans, defends Trump peace prize

Donald Trump

‘World is not secure’: Trump abandons ‘peace’ after Nobel snub, tells Norway PM

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US-Venezuela conflict

Venezuela’s Machado says she ‘presented’ her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump

US president praises Machado for her ‘wonderful’ gesture as he warms to Venezuela’s new leaders.

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Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump during their White House meeting. Photo: The White House via Reuters
Nobel Prize

Nobel panel rejects Machado’s idea to give her Peace Prize to Trump

The Norwegian Nobel Institute said the award cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others.

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Iran

No contact with Iran Nobel winner laureate arrest, supporters say

Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Peace Prize laureate, was detained on Friday alongside dozens of activists and may face national security charges.

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Middle East

Iran detains Nobel Prize winner Narges Mohammadi in ‘brutal’ arrest

The activist’s brother says she was beaten on the legs, held by her hair and ‘dragged down’ by security forces personnel.

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Narges Mohammadi has spent much of the past decade behind bars. Photo: Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Fugitive Nobel laureate Machado details secret US help to reach Norway

Nobel laureate breaks silence on months in hiding, detailing essential US support for her clandestine exit to Oslo to receive Peace Prize.

Nordic nations

Venezuela’s Machado urges global fight for democracy after Nobel win

The Nobel laureate, barred from travel and forced into hiding by her home country, missed the ceremony in Oslo to receive the Peace Prize.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela’s Machado will not receive Nobel Peace Prize in person

The Venezuelan opposition figure, who has been in hiding for over a year, will have her daughter accept the award in Norway.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, in August 2024. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela’s Machado defies warning, vows to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

Caracas has said Maria Corina Machado will be considered a ‘fugitive’ if she travels to Norway to accept the prize.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures as she addresses her supporters during a protest on January 9. Machado lives in hiding in her country. Photo: AFP
War and conflict

As I see it | The Nobel Peace Prize should now be called the Nobel war prize

Winner Maria Corina Machado can be held up as a poster child of American militarism against her own country, Venezuela, and across Latin America.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela’s Nobel laureate urges Maduro to cede power peacefully

Maria Corina Machado, speaking from hiding, warned the president that he will leave power ‘with or without negotiation’.

Norway

Venezuela closes embassy in Norway after Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela says embassy closure was part of a restructuring of its foreign service - a move Norway called ‘regrettable’.

The Venezuelan embassy in Oslo, Norway on Monday. Photo: EPA
Nobel Prize

Trio wins economics Nobel for innovation and creative destruction

Nobel winners Mokyr, Aghion, and Howitt, were honoured for highlighting creative destruction’s role in technological progress.

A screen shows the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday. Photo: AFP
Nobel Prize

Venezuela’s Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize as Trump Gaza deal falls short

The White House criticised the decision, viewing it as a snub to President Trump and claiming the committee prioritised ‘politics over peace’.

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Donald Trump

Trump’s push for the Nobel Peace Prize won’t sway us, says committee

US president claims he ‘deserves it’, but the Norwegian Nobel Committee insists its decisions are based on merit, not media campaigns.

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