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Switzerland

Tributes pour in for Kofi Annan

Tributes are being paid to former UN chief Kofi Annan who died on Saturday after a short illness with the current UN Secretary-General describing him as a guiding force for good and a true inspiration.

World News

Kofi Annan's life with the UN

The Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 went to the United Nations and its Secretary-General Kofo Annan, the incarnation of the dedicated diplomat. In 2006, the secretary-general from Ghana wrapped up his second term, after ten years in office. He handed over to Ban Ki-Moon, from South Korea

United Kingdom

Nobel prize winning author V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001, has died at his home in London aged 85.

Sweden

Head of Nobel literature prize panel quits over handling of sexual misconduct allegations

Sara Danius said the scandal has "already affected the Nobel Prize quite severely".

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Pakistan

Malala returns home for first time since she was shot by Taliban in 2012

Youngest-ever Nobel Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has returned home to the Swat Valley in Pakistan for first time since she was shot there by the Taliban in 2012.

World News

Reader poll: Who should be Euronews' Culture Personality of the Year?

Euronews wants your say on who should be one of several personalities of the year—in fields including space, innovation, culture, business and sport.

Sweden

2017 Nobel prize winners

Nobel prize week culminates in a glittering ceremony for all eleven male laureates

World News

Nobel winner: nuclear destruction 'only one impulsive tantrum away'

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has received this year's Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo

Norway

Nobel Peace Prize 'invests in nuclear weapon companies'

Nuclear campaigners urged to reject prize money.

World

"Nuclear weapons don't make us safe" - ICAN

Beatrice Fihn from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons calls on all nuclear states to disarm.

Sweden

American Richard Thaler has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Economics

European Union

EU on mediating in Catalonia crisis: no way!

World News

Little-known campaign group ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize

A little-known international campaign group seeking a ban on nuclear weapons has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Based in Geneva, the group describes itself as a coalition of grassroots non-government groups in more than 100 nations.

Norway

[Watch again] Anti-nuclear weapons group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons given prestigious award.

Sweden

Nobel prize in literature: Everything you need to know about 2017 winner Kazuo Ishiguro

The Nobel prize committee called Ishiguro an "exquisite novelist"

Sweden

Nobel Peace Prize: a history of controversial laureates

From Hitler to Suu Kyi, here's a look at the Nobel Peace Prize's controversial candidates and winners

Sweden

[Watch again] Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature

British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Norway

Who could be in contention for the Nobel Peace Prize 2017?

Who will win the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize? The bookmakers think the names on this list are in the running.

Sweden

Which countries have won the most Nobel literature prizes?

Following the announcement of this year's winner, find out everything you need to know about the Nobel Prize for Literature

Sweden

British scientist Richard Henderson among trio awarded 2017 Nobel chemistry prize