Malala Yousafzai, a life spent fighting for the right to education
Malala Yousafzai became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner for her fight for the right to education. A biography of the ground-breaking Pakistani activist.
Aung San Suu Kyi, a critical biography of Myanmar’s Nobel Peace Prize winner
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi’s biography is tied with that of her parents and the history of Myanmar (formerly Burma). A story marked by nationalism, Western influence and compromises with the military.
The World Food Programme is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The United Nations World Food Programme has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its work in the fight against hunger.
As Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed collects the Nobel Peace Prize, abuses in the Lower Omo Valley must be addressed
Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for reaching peace with Eritrea. Yet, Indigenous groups in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley have been abused by security forces, a fact that the prime minister must address, says the Oakland Institute.
Denis Mukwege. The Nobel Prize isn’t mine but of all the victims I’ve treated
Denis Mukwege, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, is known as the “doctor who mends women” because in his hospital in Africa he healed thousands of rape victims, in their body and soul. We interviewed him in Milan.
Who are Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström, the Nobel Prize in Economics winners
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström. Their study on the contract theory will improve business relationships among public and private companies, workers and societies.
Juan Manuel Santos wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2016
Colombian President Manuel Santos wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2016 for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s civil war to an end.
Bike the Nobel, Paola Gianotti’s efforts to present bicycles as nominees in Oslo
Cyclist Paola Gianotti will ride her bike with enthusiasm to hand in the Bike the Nobel signatures collected by the Caterpillar radio programme to Oslo’s Nobel Committee.
2016 Nobel Peace Prize? Let’s give it to bicycles
The campaign of the radio programme Caterpillar presents bicycles to the Nobel Committee as a potential nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize because they’re revolutionary yet pacific means of transport.
Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins 2015 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, a group of four civil society organisations that guided Tunisia towards democracy.