The Latest Breaking News from the Nobel Committee

Venezuelan Leader María Corina Machado Mentions Trump in Her First Words After Winning the Nobel Peace Prize

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in recognition of her persistent fight for democracy and her nonviolent challenge to authoritarian rule. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored her "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

Latin Times · Oct 10, 2025

‘We have to be prepared for anything from him’: Norway braces for Trump’s next tantrum now that he has lost the Nobel Prize

He could raise tariffs or weaponize NATO, who knows.

We Got This Covered · Oct 10, 2025

White House Official Says Nobel Committee 'Chose Politics Over Peace' After Trump Misses Out on Award

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung accused the Nobel Committee of prioritizing "politics over peace" after the Norwegian panel awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, passing over President Donald Trump

Latin Times · Oct 10, 2025

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Could Gavin Newsom's Climate Advocacy Earn Him This Year's Global Honour?

With the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 nearing, Gavin Newsom's climate advocacy fuels global discussion on whether environmental diplomacy defines modern peace.

International Business Times UK · Oct 8, 2025

Nobel medicine prize awarded to scientists for immune system discovery

Nobel winners unravelled a new way the body keeps the immune system in check

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Trump Wants Nobel But 'Forgotten' Peacemakers More Likely, Experts Say

US President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Nobel Peace Prize when it is announced next week but experts predict he has little chance against those toiling on forgotten causes outside the limelight.

International Business Times · Oct 2, 2025

Trump's Push For Peace Prize Won't Sway Us, Says Nobel Committee

Donald Trump's obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize next month may have hit a hitch -- the stubborn independence of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which insisted to AFP that it cannot be swayed.

International Business Times · Sep 12, 2025

The Peruvian Nobel Prize winner

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about Mario Vargo Llosa. There’s The Sound Kitchen mailbag, the “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button…

Radio France Internationale · May 17, 2025

Petition for Gisele Pelicot to win Nobel Peace Prize passes 125,000 signatures

In 2024, Gisele Pelicot waived the right to anonymity to speak out on behalf of other victims of sexual assault.

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025

I survived Nagasaki bombing – Putin has no idea of the horrors of nuclear war

INTERVIEW: Exclusive: Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning group representing survivors of the US atomic bomb attacks in 1945, tells Adam Withnall in Tokyo that civilisation as we know it is in imminent danger as Russia ramps up its sabre-rattling against the West over the invasion of…

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2024