World news about “Nobel Prize” published by euronews.
British “test-tube baby” pioneer Robert Edwards dies Robert Edwards, the so-called father of “test-tube babies” has died. He was 87. The British scientist, who won the Nobel medicine prize for his work in 2010… 10/04/2013
‘What took centuries to create in Italy was degraded in a very short time’ Like many countries in Europe, Italy is struggling with problems of its own making following sleaze, scandal and corruption, although it has received some… 21/02/2013
Children in conflict zones get Nobel Peace Prize cash The EU is donating the money from its Nobel Peace Prize to thousands of young victims of war. More than one million euros of EU cash will be added to the… 18/12/2012
Erasmus students quiz Barroso on the state of Europe A day after receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace on behalf of the European Union, EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso answered questions from euronews’… 11/12/2012
Peace prize for historically war-prone Europe A continent cursed by world wars has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. “We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the… 10/12/2012
European Union receives Nobel Peace Prize in Norway – nocomment The much-discussed prize was officially given to representatives of the EU at a ceremony held in Oslo today. During the ceremony, Jose Manuel Barroso, Herman… 10/12/2012
Delors: Nobel prize rewards everyone in Europe As president of the European Commission for 10 years, Jacques Delors has been one of the principal architects of the EU. With the Nobel Peace Prize going to… 07/12/2012
Europe Weekly: EU banking union talks rumble on This week, EU finance ministers met to discuss a future banking union but they failed to reach any agreement on how it would be structured. Amid the current… 07/12/2012
The EU: a double-edged sword for Greece For the past three years, Greece has been a symbol of the eurozone crisis. A symbol it would like to get rid of. Yet now, it has become another symbol –… 07/12/2012
Erasmus students quiz Barroso on the Nobel Peace prize and the state of Europe Jose Manuel Barroso is our special guest in the second edition of The Global Conversation, Tuesday December 11 at Midday CET. The European Commission… 07/12/2012
Brussels reactions to Nobel Peace Prize There is talk of a buoyant atmosphere and even champagne as eurocrats use Twitter to express their joy at the EU being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize… 12/10/2012
Europe’s dream of peace and prosperity Europe was destroyed by World War Two. To rebuild and sow new stability – in the hope that peace would prevail – former enemies would work together. The… 12/10/2012
And the winner is… EU gets the Nobel Peace Prize Europe Weekly takes a look at the reaction in Brussels to this prestigious award. Economic issues also dominated this week with the launch of the European… 12/10/2012
Erwin Neher on better European conditions for scientific researchers Is Europe attractive to scientists? Can entertainment, like TV and computer games, be an obstacle to young people developing a scientific mind? Generation … 16/07/2012
Gentlemanly behaviourBritain’s Prime Minister David Cameron shelters Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under his umbrella during a walk in the rose garden at Chequers… 23/06/2012
Poland’s Nobel Prize poet Wislawa Szymborska dies The woman once described as the “Mozart of poetry”, Poland’s 1996 Nobel Prize winner, Wislawa Szymborska has died at her home in Krakow. She was 88. Despite… 02/02/2012
Nobel laureate says euro zone ‘on edge of meltdown’ As the Nobel Awards are about to be handed out in Stockholm, Sweden euronew’s Isabelle Kumar caught up with Economics Prize winner Professor Christopher Sims… 07/12/2011
US economists win Nobel prize The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics have been announced in Stockholm with the award going to US economists Thomas Sargent and Christopher… 10/10/2011
Nobel winners Tawakul Karman & Leymah Gbowee – nocomment Tawakul Karman is congratulated for her Nobel Peace Prize by other women in Yemen. Meanwhile Leymah Gbowee, the leader of the Women For Peace movement… 09/10/2011
Kenya bids farewell to Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai – nocomment The body of Wangari Maathai who died on September 25 and who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaigns to save Kenyan forests has been cremated. 09/10/2011
Crowds cheer Aung San Suu Kyi on first trip outside Yangon – nocomment Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses supporters eager to hear about any sign of a political thaw, during a visit outside of the country’s main… 15/08/2011
Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates birthday in freedom – nocomment Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her birthday in freedom for the first time in nearly a decade. She was joined in celebration by around… 20/06/2011
Bangladesh ousts Yunus Bangladesh’s central bank says it is removing Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus as boss of the microlender Grameen Bank. He was ordered to quit on the… 02/03/2011
Shirin Ebadi on human rights in Iran Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and Nobel peace prize winner. She recently accepted, on behalf of Abdulreza Tajik, an Iranian… 17/12/2010
Nobel laureate Naruda’s remains to be exhumed in ChileThe body of Chile’s Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Naruda is due to be exhumed in an attempt to determine the cause of his death in 1973. The writer died at… 08/04/2013
Nobel laureate Montalcini is laid to rest in ItalyThe Nobel-prize winning neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini has been laid to rest in Turin. The 103-year-old, who died at her home in Rome last Sunday, won… 03/01/2013
Oldest Nobel winner Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at 103Rita Levi-Montalcini, an Italian neurologist who defied Fascist anti-Semitic persecution to conduct research and went on to win a Nobel Prize, has died in… 30/12/2012
Eurosceptic Norway celebrates EU’s Nobel Peace PrizeThe European Union’s three presidents have celebrated receiving the Nobel peace Prize on behalf of their 55-year-old organisation. Herman Van Romuy… 11/12/2012
EU awarded Nobel Peace Prize in OsloThe Nobel Peace Prize has been collected by the heads of the EU’s three main institutions. The ceremony took place in Norway’s capital Oslo. The European… 10/12/2012
EU receives Nobel Peace Prize in OsloThe Nobel Peace Prize has been collected in Norway’s capital Oslo by the Presidents of the EU’s three main institutions. The European Union was awarded the… 10/12/2012
Protests as EU prepares to pick up Nobel Peace PrizeAll three of the EU’s largest figures are in Oslo to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the bloc in October. Council President Herman Van Rompuy… 10/12/2012
EU says Nobel Peace Prize will help restore hopeThe European Union’s three presidents are in Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday for its transformation from a continent in war to one in… 09/12/2012
New letters from novelist Mann discoveredA new collection of letters and postcards by literary nobel prize winner Thomas Mann have been found. The writings of the German novelist, most known for his… 22/11/2012
Nobel Prize: US economists Roth and Shapley share honoursThe Nobel Prize for Economics has been jointly awarded to US scholars Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley. Their work, which was conducted independently, focused… 15/10/2012
Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Alvin Roth and Lloyd ShapleyUS scholars Roth and Shapley have won the presigious award for pioneering research on the effect of stability on the performance of markets. Their work… 15/10/2012
Americans Roth and Shaply win Nobel prize for economicsU.S. economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley won the 2012 economics Nobel prize on Monday for research on how to match different economic agents such as… 15/10/2012
Nobel win offers chance for deeper union, say EU officialsThe European Union’s Nobel Peace Prize win is an opportunity for further integration, EU figures said on Friday. Martin Schulz, the president of the… 13/10/2012
Cheers and boos over EU’s Nobel Peace PrizeThe European Union is celebrating being awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. It has been receiving congratulations from around the world after the announcement… 12/10/2012
Russia activists slam Nobel ‘prize to nowhere’Some human rights activists in Russia have criticised the choice of the European Union as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. One of the favourites for the… 12/10/2012
Pride and scepticism at EU Peace PrizeAround Europe ordinary people have been reacting to the idea that they are sort-of Nobel peace prize winners after the EU won the honour. In Germany,going… 12/10/2012
EU leaders delighted at Nobel peace awardThe award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union comes not only a surprise to the EU itself, it provides a much-needed morale boost for the… 12/10/2012
2012 Nobel Peace prize goes to EUThe Norwegian Nobel committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union. The announcement produced an audible… 12/10/2012
European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize for uniting continentThe European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for its long-term role in uniting the continent, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday, an award seen as… 12/10/2012
Follow the Nobel Peace Prize announcement LIVEThe Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the winner of this year’s Peace Prize in Oslo later on Friday. The European Union will win the Prize, Norwegian… 12/10/2012
China’s Mo Yan wins Nobel prize for literatureChinese writer Mo Yan has won this year’s Nobel prize for Literature. The man himself, who’s pen name means “Don’t speak” is said to have been overjoyed… 11/10/2012
China’s pro-party Mo Yan wins the Nobel Prize for LiteratureChinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature. The announcement was made by Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, Peter Englund… 11/10/2012
Chinese author Mo Yan wins 2012 Nobel prize for literatureThe 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan“who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary”, according to the… 11/10/2012
2012 Nobel Literature laureate to be revealedThere is feverish speculation ahead of today’s announcement of the 2012 Nobel prize for Literature. The safe bets are on Japanese author Haruki Murakami. But… 11/10/2012
Two Americans win Nobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two Americans, Robert J. Lefkowitz of Duke University and Brian K. Kobilka of Stanford University “for… 10/10/2012
US professors Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka win 2012 Nobel Prize for chemistryUS professors Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka win 2012 Nobel Prize for chemistry for their work with G protein-coupled receptors. These two… 10/10/2012
Quantum particle work wins Nobel for French and US scientistsFrance’s Serge Haroche and American David Wineland will share this year’s Nobel Prize for physics for work in quantum physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of… 09/10/2012
France’s Serge Haroche and US David J. Wineland win 2012 Nobel Prize in PhysicsA French and an American scientist won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for finding ways to measure elusive quantum particles without destroying… 09/10/2012
Nobel medicine prize shared by British and Japanese scientistsThe Nobel Prize for Medicine has been shared between Britain’s John Gurdon and Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka. The pair were honoured for what the jury called the… 08/10/2012
British-Japanese duo win Nobel medicine prizeThe Nobel prize for medicine has been jointly awarded to Britain’s John Gurdon and Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka. The pair were honoured for what the jury called… 08/10/2012
Cell biologists Yamanaka and Gurdon awarded Nobel Prize for MedicineCell biologists Shinya Yamanakaof Japan and Briton John B. Gurdon have been jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. The Nobel… 08/10/2012
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Aung San Suu Kyi finally makes Nobel acceptance speechTwenty-one years after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Myanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has made her acceptance speech. The 66-year-old… 16/06/2012
Suu Kyi to receive Nobel prize despite illnessAung San Suu Kyi has recovered from a bout of minor illness to continue her European tour with a visit to Norway to receive the Nobel peace prize. Before… 15/06/2012
Aung San Suu Kyi begins historic European tourMyanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Geneva on her first trip to Europe in nearly a quarter of a century. The hugely popular Nobel… 14/06/2012
Nussbaum wins Asturias Social Sciences prizeFor only the second time the Asturias jury has decided to award its 2012 Social Sciences prize to a woman, American philosopher Martha Nussbaum. The 64-year… 16/05/2012
Israel shuns Nobel prize authorIsrael has declared Nobel Prize winning author Guenter Grass a “persona non grata” after he released a poem which criticised the country’s government. The… 08/04/2012
Nobel Peace Prize laureate visits Syrian refugeesResidents of a tented refugee camp on Turkey’s border with Syria had a surprise visit from a Nobel Peace prize winner on Sunday. Yemeni activist Tawakul… 18/03/2012
East Timor’s Ramos-Horta to seek second term as presidentEast Timor president and Nobel Peace Laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta is to seek another five-year term in March elections. About 10 presidential hopefuls have now… 31/01/2012
Gala ceremony for Nobel science and literature laureatesNobel laureates in science, medicine and literature have received their prizes from Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony in Stockholm. They… 11/12/2011
Nobel winner lambasts world over revolution in YemenA woman awarded the Nobel Peace on Saturday has criticised the the lack of international support for the uprising in Yemen. Activist Tawakul Karman is from… 10/12/2011
Liberia’s Johnson-Sirleaf ahead on early vote countPartial results from Liberia’s second presidential poll since a civil war have put newly-named Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the lead. The… 14/10/2011
Peace prize winners vow to continue their workThe winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have been talking about their work and what the award means to them. Three women shared the accolade –… 08/10/2011
Women dominate 2011 Nobel Peace PrizeThis year’s Nobel peace prize has been shared between three women for ‘their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights in… 07/10/2011
Nobel peace prize recognizes womenThe Norwegian Nobel Committee has honoured three women with this year’s peace prize, only the second time in the award’s history that it has been split three… 07/10/2011
Candidates for the Nobel Peace PrizeThe role of a woman involved in the Arab Spring, the revolution that swept through North Africa, could soon be recognised when the Nobel Peace Prize is… 07/10/2011
Sweden’s most famous living poet wins Nobel prizeThe Nobel Prize for Literature has come home to Sweden for the first time in nearly four decades. Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer won this year’s… 06/10/2011
Swedish poet wins Nobel literature prizeThe 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer. The 80-year-old will receive a cash prize of just over one million… 06/10/2011
Israeli scientist wins Nobel chemistry prizeThe 2011 Nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to Israeli scientist Daniel Schechtman for his “discovery of quasicrystals.” Schechtman, a professor at… 05/10/2011
Three starry-eyed winners of Nobel physics prizeThe Nobel Prize for Physics has been won by three Americans for their work mapping the universe. Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess have spent… 04/10/2011
Scientist who wins Nobel award dies before hearing of awardA scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he… 03/10/2011
Trio scoop Nobel Medicine PrizeBruce Beutler of the United States, Jules Hoffmann of France and Ralph Steinman of Canada have won the 2011 Nobel Medicine Prize for their work on the immune… 03/10/2011
First female African Nobel Prize winner diesKenyan Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai has died. The award-winning environmentalist became the first African woman to receive the honour in… 26/09/2011
Suu Kyi tight-lipped on signs of political thawThousands of people have turned out to see Aung San Suu Kyi’s first political trip outside Rangoon *(Yangon) since her release from house arrest in November… 14/08/2011
Xiaobo honoured in Nobel exhibition“I have no enemies,” said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in his last public speech, made almost exactly a year ago – prior to being sentenced to 11… 15/12/2010
Nobel Prize controversy rumbles onThe war of words over the Nobel Peace Prize continues. For the Nobel Committee chairman, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is a champion of human rights, who… 11/12/2010
Take criticism as positive Nobel chair tells ChinaFor the first time since the Nazis prevented a Nobel Peace prize handover, the most prestigious of all international awards had to be deposited on an empty… 11/12/2010
Nobel winners attend gala dinnerThis year’s Nobel Prize winners were honoured in Oslo and Stockholm on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee held a ceremony for Chinese dissident and peace… 11/12/2010
Nobel Peace Prize: China’s AngerThe Nobel award has re-exposed deep-lying divisions between China and the West that had been hidden, to some degree, by growing trade relations. Joining us… 10/12/2010
Liu Xiabao given Nobel Prize but mixed reactions persistOn the streets of Oslo, the atmosphere was chilly, and not just because of the wintry weather. Chinese government supporters clashed with those backing Liu… 10/12/2010
Liu Xiaobo receives controversial Nobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize 2010 has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo in his absence. The Chinese dissident is serving an 11-year jail sentence for subversive… 10/12/2010
Jailed Liu Xiaobo awarded Nobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize 2010 has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo in his absence. The Chinese dissident is serving an 11-year jail sentence for subversive… 10/12/2010
China closes ranks over Nobel Peace PrizeThe international war of words over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident will be a one-sided affair in China. National newspapers talk… 10/12/2010
Nobel Prize to honour jailed Chinese dissidentThe Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo at a ceremony in Oslo on Friday. Dignitaries will gather around an empty chair… 10/12/2010
Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo: A profileThe 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo will be 55 years old in a few days time. Considered by the Chinese Communist party as a constant thorn in their… 09/12/2010
Nobel Committee says Peace Prize not anti-ChinaThe Nobel Committee says the award of its Peace Prize to a leading Chinese dissident is founded on global human rights, and is not an attempt to impose… 09/12/2010
China awards rival prize before Nobel rewards dissidentThe day before the Nobel Peace Prize is due to be given to a jailed Chinese dissident, an alternative award ceremony has been held in Beijing. China has… 09/12/2010
Suu Kyi resumes work in Myanmar’s oppositionPro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has returned to work at her opposition party, just two days after being freed by Myanmar’s military rulers. Her… 15/11/2010
Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi is freedMyanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is free for the first time in seven years. And, as the opposition leader emerged from the home that had been… 13/11/2010
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi is freed from house arrestPro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been freed from seven years of house arrest by Myanmar’s military rulers. She greeted the more than 1,000 supporters… 13/11/2010
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi is released from house arrestMyanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is free. Police removed barricades from outside her home as hundreds of supporters gathered to demand the… 13/11/2010
Awaiting Suu Kyi’s freedomThey waited patiently all day in their hundreds outside her party headquarters and her house. But as Friday drew to a close, there was still no sign that… 13/11/2010
Scientists win Physics Nobel Prize for work on grapheneAndre Geim and Konstantin have won the Nobel prize for Physics thanks to a simple roll of tape and some lead. The two scientists painstakingly divided… 21/10/2010
China’s media puts lid on Nobel winner coverageIt was only a small demonstration in Hong Kong, but they were determined to make their voices heard. The protest took place outside the central government… 11/10/2010
EU’s man in Beijing fails to see Liu XiaOne immediate consequence of the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to Chinese democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobao has been a crackdown on his wife. At the… 11/10/2010
Wife of Nobel Prize winner under house arrestThe wife of Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo, Liu Xia, has confirmed she is under house arrest and is unable to communicate with the outside world. On… 11/10/2010
