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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed receives Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Since March 2018, Ahmed, 43, he resumed talks with Eritrea, negotiated a peace agreement and agreed on the borders set by an international commission in 2002. He also played a key role in other processes in the region, according to the Nobel Committee's ruling.

Sweden

Laureates of 'Alternative Nobel Prize' presented awards

The Laureates of The Right Livelihood Award - also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize - have been presented with their awards at an event in Stockholm.

Sweden

2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded

The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will be awarded on Monday.

Ethiopia

Watch again: Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Ahmed was given the prize "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea".

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World News

Do lithium-ion batteries really deserve a Nobel Prize?

The invention of the lithium-ion batteries -awarded with the 2019 Chemistry Nobel- has undoubtfully changed our societies, but it is not without a high environmental cost.

Sweden

Watch again: Swedish Academy awards two Nobel Prizes in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature is going to be awarded to two laureates in 2019.

Sweden

Scientists win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for lithium-ion batteries

Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing lithium-ion batteries.

Sweden

Watch again: Three share the Nobel Prize in Physics

The prestigious prize is named for scientist Alfred Nobel.

Sweden

Watch back: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded

The 2019 Nobel Laureates are set to be revealed starting on October 7.

Morocco

Sahrawi activist: My struggle to keep conflict with Morocco peaceful

Sahrawi activist Aminatu Haidar, winner of the alternative Nobel Prize, told Euronews that human rights must be guaranteed to her community.

USA

Euroviews. Toni Morrison was a freedom fighter who slayed with words ǀ View

When I finished reading all her books, I wanted to see a film about the exquisite artist who captured my imagination. So I helped make one.

World

The extraordinary story of a campaigner saving rape victims' lives

Doctor Miracle's reputation spreads well beyond his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is a global campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war - a surgeon who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his extraordinary work.

Sweden

Swedish Academy to award two Nobel literature prizes this year

The Nobel Foundation last year stopped the Swedish Academy from handing out the award after a string of sexual misconduct allegations against the husband of one of its board members threw the institution into crisis mode.

Russia

Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov dies at 88

Alferov was a Russian scientist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. He won the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics.

USA

DNA pioneer stripped of honorary tiles over racist comments

Dr. James Watson told a recenty-aired PBS documentary that genes can cause a difference on average between blacks and whites in IQ tests.

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Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad speak after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad give speeches after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

Sweden

Swedish appeals court toughens sentence for Frenchman in Nobel scandal

A Swedish appeals court toughened the sentence for a Frenchman at the centre of a sex scandal that forced the postponement of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.

France

Nobel prizewinner working on making nuclear waste safe

Professor Gérard Mourou says he may be able to show results in 10-15 years that will transform the future of nuclear power.

World

No-Deal Brexit Fears for UK - EU Scientists

Leading Scientists are pleading with Theresa May and Jean-Claude-Juncker to avoid a so-called no-deal Brexit – which they say could damage British and European research.

World News

Campaigners fighting sexual violence in conflict win Nobel Peace Prize

Congolese physician Denis Mukwege and Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by ISIL Nadia Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.