Nobel Prize

Ig Nobel prizes moving to Europe because US is ‘unsafe’ to visit

Previous winners of the Ig Nobel Prize include researchers who determined that acute appendicitis can be accurately diagnosed by the amount of pain evident when the patient is driven over speed bumps.

South Korean citizens recommended for Nobel Peace Prize over martial law resistance

Protesters marching through central Seoul on Dec 4, 2024, after the declaration of martial law by then South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol.

US cuts contact with Polish Parliament speaker over Trump ‘insults’

Co-leader of Poland's New Left (Nowa Lewica) party Wlodzimierz Czarzasty waves as people demonstrate in support of Poland's newly appointed cabinet during its swearing-in ceremony, in Warsaw, Poland December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

Nobel Committee says Peace Prize winner likely revealed early by digital spying

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a press conference in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Italy’s Meloni hopes to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaking during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Jan 23 in Rome, Italy.

Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel Peace Prize snub

People attend a protest against US President Donald Trump’s demand that Greenland be ceded to the United States.

News analysis

Trump has Machado’s Nobel Prize, but neither got what they really wanted

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented US President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal in the Oval Office, on Jan 15.

Norway stunned after Machado gifts Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump

The Nobel Prize has become the focus of an ethical debate about who gets to claim it after Maria Corina Machado gave hers to US President Donald Trump.

Machado gives Trump her Nobel: Medal has been sold before for millions of dollars

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves to supporters as she departs the White House following a meeting with US president Donald Trump on Jan 15.

Nobel Institute says Peace Prize cannot be transferred after Machado suggestion

FILE PHOTO: Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a press conference in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

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