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# Nobel Peace Prize

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# Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize 2022 goes to human rights campaigners in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus
The judges wanted to honour ‘three outstanding champions of peaceful coexistence in the neighbour countries Belarus, Russia and Ukraine’.
# Attacked
Russian Nobel-winning editor says he was attacked on train
The post showed photos of Mr Muratov and a train compartment drenched in red liquid.
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# Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to two journalists from the Philippines and Russia
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were awarded the prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
# United Nations
World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
The WFP was honoured for “its efforts to combat hunger” and “its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas”.
# RIP
Former SDLP leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume dies aged 83
The Irish peace icon passed away after a long struggle with dementia.
# Abiy Ahmed Ali
Ethiopia's Prime Minister wins Nobel Peace Prize for ending war with Eritrea
The announcement was made this morning.
# not trump
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad have won the Nobel peace prize for 2018
The Congolese doctor and Iraqi human rights activist have been honored with the world-renowned humanitarian prize this morning.
# Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi won't be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize, committee says
The statement came after a damning UN report termed the treatment of the Rohingya people as “genocide”.
# RIP
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has died following a short illness
He was 80 years old.
# ican
Explainer: How does someone win the Nobel Peace Prize?
You can’t nominate yourself, in case you were wondering.
# Norway
Anti-nuclear weapons campaign wins Nobel Peace Prize for 'groundbreaking' work
There were 318 candidates for this year’s prize.
# rohingya
Four in 10 people think Suu Kyi's Freedom of Dublin award should be taken back
She was awarded the Freedom of Dublin in 2000, but only received it in 2012 as she was under house arrest at the time.
# Myanmar
Malala says 'world is waiting' for Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn violence against Rohingya Muslims
The Nobel Peace Prize winner has criticised her fellow Nobel laureate for not condemning the escalating violence.
# Liu Xiaobo
China under fire after Nobel Peace Prize winner dies in custody
The Nobel committee said that China’s government “bears a heavy responsibility” for his death.
# Nobel Peace Prize
UPDATE: Angela Merkel's day just got even worse
Despite being favourite, the Chancellor failed to scoop the Nobel Peace Prize. First the football, and now this.
# well done
17-year-old Malala Yousafzai has won the Nobel Peace Prize
The teenager was the joint winner of the award along with Kailash Satyarthi of India.
# yes she has
Nobel committee shocked by guy who says Malala 'hasn't actually done anything'
Bizarre question throws Peace Prize announcement for a loop.
# god's position
Tutu calls on Norwegians to forgive mass murderer Breivik
The retired Archbishop said that not forgiving Anders Behring Breivik could be “corrosive”.
# activist
Egypt has deported Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire
Maguire won the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize with Betty Williams for founding a peace group to resolve the conflict between North Ireland’s Catholics and Protestants.
# Environment
NUIM dedicates book and audio archive to activist 'ahead of his time'
Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian military 18 years ago.
# Syria
Assad: I should have won the Nobel Peace Prize
The Syrian leader made the remark “jokingly” according to a Lebanese newspaper.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Friday
Everybody’s talking about Gerry Adams and a ‘witch hunt’, murder case reopened and glow-in-the-dark jellyfish.
# malala rocks
Malala Yousafzai on pacifism leaves Jon Stewart speechless
Listen to the 16 year old’s answer to how she felt when she learned she was on a Taliban hitlist.
# Peace Prize
‘America created Malala’ or ‘a model for Pakistan’ – differing views in Swat ahead of Nobel prize
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be revealed on Friday.
# Winning
Pics: European Union collects the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was among the great and the good at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital today to mark the awarding of the prize to the bloc.
# Nobel Peace Prize
Enda Kenny to accept Nobel Peace Prize today
The Taoiseach will be present at the prize-giving ceremony in Oslo.
# Nobel Prize
18 EU leaders accept Nobel peace invite, 6 decline
David Cameron will not attend the ceremony – commenting wryly: “There will be enough people to collect the prize.”
# Nobel Prize
EU to donate Nobel prize money to children affected by war
The EU has also announced an art competition for young people, whose winners will attend the Nobel awards ceremony in Oslo.
# European Union
International Peace Bureau claim awarding of Nobel Peace prize "unlawful"
The organisation has said that the European Union was not one of the “champions of peace” that Alfred Nobel had envisaged.
# Your Say
Poll: Should the European Union have won the Nobel prize?
The Nobel committee says the EU has ended the prospect of European wars – but with the financial crisis, is it deserved?
# Jackpot!
So, how are you going to spend your share of the Nobel prize?
503 million of us just won €923,368. How are you going to spend your share of the unexpected windfall?
# And the winner is..
European Union awarded 2012 Nobel Peace Prize
Yep, we are all winners. Kinda. The Nobel Committee awarded the prize in recognition of the role of the EU and its success in achieving peace and reconciliation.
# Cuba
Was a Cuban dissident's car 'rammed off the road'?
An official enquiry has been launched after the car carrying Oswaldo Paya, who fought single-party rule for decades, hit a tree.
# Democracy
21 years later: Aung San Suu Kyi accepts Nobel Peace Prize
The Burmese pro-democracy campaigner finally delivered her Nobel Lecture in Oslo this afternoon.
# Peace Prize
Three women accept Nobel Peace Prize
The women, who fought injustice and dictatorship in Liberia and Yemen, received the prize at a ceremony in Oslo this afternon.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Friday
In tonight’s Fix: All the latest from the presidential election campaign trail; the perfect video to get you in the mood for tomorrow’s big game in New Zealand, and what happened when Clooney met Berlusconi?
# Nobel Prize
Women from Liberia and Yemen jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and democratic activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen
# mandela day
Gallery: The life and times of Nelson Mandela
As the world celebrates Mandela Day, TheJournal.ie takes a look at the South African icon’s incredible life.