# nobel-prize - Tuesday 21 June, 2022
# UNICEF
# UNICEF
In a speech yesterday he hailed the persistence of journalists as an important check on governments.
# nobel-prize - Thursday 7 October, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced today.
# nobel-prize - Friday 9 October, 2020
# United Nations
# United Nations
The WFP was honoured for “its efforts to combat hunger” and “its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas”.
# nobel-prize - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Nobel Prize
# Nobel Prize
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna were announced as the recipients in Stockholm.
# nobel-prize - Saturday 12 October, 2019
# John Banville
# John Banville
Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke were both awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
# nobel-prize - Friday 11 October, 2019
# Peter Handke
# Peter Handke
Peter Handke was a vocal defender of the Serbs during the bloody collapse of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
# nobel-prize - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Swedish Academy
# Swedish Academy
Two winners were announced today as the prize was not awarded in 2018 following a scandal.
# nobel-prize - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
# Nobel Prize
# Nobel Prize
She shared the award with two other scientists.
# nobel-prize - Friday 4 May, 2018
# Nobel Prize
# Nobel Prize
This is the first time it has been postponed in over 70 years.
# nobel-prize - Monday 9 April, 2018
# Me Too
# Me Too
A high-profile figure associated with the Swedish Academy has been accused by 18 women of sexual assault and harassment.
# nobel-prize - Sunday 8 October, 2017
# Tick Tock
# Tick Tock
The Nobel Medicine Prize was awarded last week to three scientists highlighted how the body clock works.
# nobel-prize - Thursday 5 October, 2017
# Kazuo Ishiguro
# Kazuo Ishiguro
The prize is worth 9 million kronor (€1 million).
# nobel-prize - Monday 26 June, 2017
# China
# China
Liu Xiaobo was sentenced in 2009 for “subversion” after spearheading a bold petition for democratic reforms.
# nobel-prize - Sunday 2 April, 2017
# Mr Tambourine Man
# Mr Tambourine Man
The decision to give the musician the award sparked controversy in recent months.
# nobel-prize - Friday 9 December, 2016
# 3Arena
# 3Arena
The musician recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
# nobel-prize - Monday 5 December, 2016
# In Absentia
# In Absentia
Patti Smith will also perform a version of Dylan’s A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.
# nobel-prize - Thursday 1 December, 2016
Dylan has also indicated he will skip the Nobel award ceremony in December.
# nobel-prize - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
# FARC
# FARC
The new, revised accord will be submitted to Congress for approval, after the last one was rejected in a referendum.
# nobel-prize - Saturday 29 October, 2016
# Nobel Prize
# Nobel Prize
The 75-year-old is the first songwriter to win the prestigious award.
# nobel-prize - Friday 14 October, 2016
# No Direction Home
# No Direction Home
For fans of lyrics, or of lyrical music, Dylan’s output rewards thorough exploration like no other artist of the last 100 years
# nobel-prize - Thursday 13 October, 2016
# Nobel Skyline
# Nobel Skyline
The American singer was awarded the prize for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
# nobel-prize - Tuesday 4 October, 2016
# Dammit
From The Daily Edge
# nobel-prize - Saturday 12 December, 2015
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: How many selfies did Teresa Mannion say she posed for in Ballina?
# nobel-prize - Thursday 10 December, 2015
# Parasite Research
# Parasite Research
Professor Campbell is only the second Irish person to ever be awarded the prize for science.
# nobel-prize - Monday 12 October, 2015
# nobel-prize - Tuesday 6 October, 2015
# nobel-prize - Monday 5 October, 2015
# William Campbell
# William Campbell
Irishman William Campbell shared one half of the prize with Satoshi Omura of Japan.
# nobel-prize - Monday 28 September, 2015
# Take A Break
# Take A Break
The Pakistani activist is multi-talented.
# nobel-prize - Wednesday 10 December, 2014
# News Wrap
# News Wrap
Don’t have time to mull over the news? Here’s everything you need to know.
# DNA
# DNA
It has also been revealed that the man who bought the medal did so to give it back.
# nobel-prize - Monday 13 October, 2014
# Over-achiever
# Over-achiever
It’s fair to say he’s “accomplished.”
# nobel-prize - Saturday 11 October, 2014
# Malaria
From The Daily Edge
# Malaria
This is why proofreading your tweets is essential.
# nobel-prize - Friday 10 October, 2014
# Well Done
# Well Done
The teenager was the joint winner of the award along with Kailash Satyarthi of India.
# nobel-prize - Thursday 9 October, 2014
# Books
# Books
The award is the biggest prize in literature and is worth €877,000.
# nobel-prize - Monday 6 October, 2014
# Inner Gps
# Inner Gps
May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser have shared the award with fellow neuroscientist John O’Keefe.
# nobel-prize - Thursday 17 April, 2014
# RIP
# RIP
The Colombian writer was 87.
# nobel-prize - Saturday 19 October, 2013
# Edit
# Edit
Many high-profile women from the science, tech, engineering and maths fields have little or no profile on the contributor-generated online encyclopaedia.
# nobel-prize - Friday 18 October, 2013
# Nobel Prize
# Nobel Prize
The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is due to pick up a prize of US $1.2 million.
# nobel-prize - Monday 14 October, 2013
# Bubble Prophet
# Bubble Prophet
Robert Shiller compiles two charts and makes them free for the public – and these charts predicted the dotcom bubble and the property bubble.
# Syria
# Syria
The Syrian leader made the remark “jokingly” according to a Lebanese newspaper.
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