March 3, 2023 18:00 pm
MOSCOW, March 3: A court in Belarus on Friday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison for financing protests and other crimes, in a case that rights groups say was politically motivated.
October 7, 2022 16:30 pm
OSLO, Oct 7: Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian organisation Memorial and Ukrainian group Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, highlighting the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.
February 1, 2021 06:56 am
OSLO, Feb 1: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, all backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner.
October 9, 2020 14:57 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 9: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Program (WFP).
October 9, 2020 13:49 pm
OSLO, Oct 9: The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) in Oslo, with no shortage of causes or candidates on this year’s list.
October 11, 2019 18:00 pm
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October 11, 2019 15:24 pm
OSLO, Oct 11: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts with Eritrea.
February 19, 2019 10:56 am
Julian Assange has been nominated for a 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, according to the legal campaign to defend him.
February 17, 2019 18:00 pm
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February 17, 2019 11:58 am
TOKYO, Feb 17: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.
October 5, 2018 18:00 pm
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October 5, 2018 15:53 pm
OSLO, Oct 5: The Nobel Peace Prize on Friday was awarded to a Congolese doctor and a Yazidi former captive of the Islamic State group for their work to highlight and eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
October 4, 2018 18:09 pm
LONDON, Oct 4: Kim Jong-un and South Korea President Moon Jae-in are the odds-on favorites to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year, according to leading bookmaker Coral after a flurry of bets in the last 24 hours.
September 22, 2018 11:08 am
KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Former armed Maoist insurgency chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is now a chairman of the newly re-branded Nepal Communist Party (NCP), on Friday complained about not being conferred the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to peace in Nepal.