Nobelprisen

The City of Athens awarded its official medal to Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai during the first Athens International Literature Festival. Mayor Haris Doukas presented the honor at City Hall, praising the author's contributions to world literature. Krasznahorkai is taking part in festival events from March 27 to 29.

25. februar 2026 Rapporteret af AI

A new biography, 'Collisions: A Physicist’s Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs' by Alec Nevala-Lee, chronicles the life and contributions of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez. The book highlights his work across physics, archaeology, and paleontology, from atomic bomb development to explaining dinosaur extinction. Reviewed in The New York Review of Books, it portrays Alvarez as a restless innovator who applied scientific methods to major historical mysteries.

President Javier Milei will depart this Monday for Oslo to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. His schedule includes meetings with King Harald V and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, before returning on Thursday for extraordinary sessions in Congress. The trip occurs amid diplomatic tensions with Venezuela.

8. december 2025 Rapporteret af AI

Kyoto University professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, called for long-term financial support for basic research during a news conference in Stockholm. He noted that it takes around 25 years for basic research to yield practical results, highlighting the mismatch with Japan’s 10-year funding system. Meanwhile, the University of Osaka and Kyoto University have launched funds to support the fields of Japanese Nobel laureates Shimon Sakaguchi and Kitagawa.

French Nobel Prize winner in economics Philippe Aghion pleaded on Monday evening on France 2 to suspend the pension reform until the 2027 presidential elections. He suggests halting the gradual increase in retirement age at 62 years and 9 months to ease tensions. This statement comes as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has opened the door to debate on suspending the contested reform.

12. oktober 2025 Rapporteret af AI

Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado stated in an NPR interview that the country is in profound chaos under President Nicolás Maduro's regime. Speaking from hiding, she called for Maduro's removal, citing the rigged July 28, 2024, election where the opposition claimed a landslide victory. Machado backed candidate Edmundo González and criticized Maduro as an illegitimate strongman leading a criminal structure.