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Nobel
Aside From Dictators, Trump Struggles to Find Takers for His ‘Board of Peace’
France’s Macron is the latest to decline Trump’s “Peace Board,” after the US president has continually complained that the Nobel Prize Board has passed him by.
Jan. 20, 2026
Nobel
Trump Says Greenland Threats Linked to Nobel Prize Snub in Leaked Text Messages
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” Trump told Norway’s prime minister.
Jan. 19, 2026
US
OPINION: Prizes and Honor
Some people would sell out a nation for personal glory. This is not honor.
Nov. 26, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘No Minefield Can Stop a Determined Force’ – NGO Says Land Mines Cost Ukraine $11.2B Annually
Aside from economic costs of clearing mines, the humanitarian toll can be calamitous, with farmers particularly vulnerable and residents afraid to return home to those zones even if they could.
Nov. 19, 2025
Propaganda
OPINION: Satire – No Laughing Matter in Putin’s Russia
Many Russians brought up on satire as a tool of Soviet state-approved “truth” now often fall into the trap of believing the yarns of modern satirists no matter how absurd they are.
Oct. 26, 2025
Hungary
László Krasznahorkai Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The Hungarian international writer and now Nobel Prize winner, who is internationally acclaimed but effectively banned in Hungary, assessed in the media.
Oct. 12, 2025
Nobel
Venezuela’s ‘Libertadora’ Maria Corina Machado Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition figurehead Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia hailed her win as “a well-deserved recognition of the long struggle of a woman and an entire people for freedom and democracy”.
Oct. 10, 2025
Nobel
No Peace: Trump’s Smoldering Nobel Obsession
Since the beginning of his presidential ambitions 10 years ago, “he has put himself in opposition to Barack Obama, who famously won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009,” pundits say.
Oct. 8, 2025
Nobel
Netanyahu Says Has Nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Trump has received multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations from supporters and loyal lawmakers over the years, and has made no secret of his irritation at missing out on the prestigious award.
July 8, 2025
Nobel
Lukashenko Labels Trump a ’Bulldozer,’ Offers Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for Ukraine Peace Deal
While acknowledging the president-elect as a “strong” leader Belarus says it will nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he brings an end to the war in Ukraine.
Nov. 8, 2024
Nobel
Trio Wins Economics Nobel for Work on Wealth Inequality
By examining the various political and economic systems introduced by European colonisers, the three have demonstrated a relationship between societal institutions and prosperity, the jury said.
Oct. 14, 2024
War in Ukraine
Ukraine Offers Path for Victims of Wartime Sexual Violence Nobel Prize Winner Says
"It is absolutely essential to be able to develop reparation programs," Nobel Prize Winner Denis Mukwege told AFP in an interview in Los Angeles.
May 25, 2024
UN
UN Report Sounds Alarm on Russia’s Worsening Human Rights
Special Rapporteur tells UN Human Rights Council that since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine repression in Russia has reached levels that are “unprecedented in recent history.”
Sept. 23, 2023
Nobel
Nobel Peace Laureates Address the World
The representatives of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates were presented with diplomas and gold medals and gave their acceptance speeches.
Dec. 12, 2022