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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 febbraio 2026 Riportato dall'IA

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.

08 dicembre 2025 Riportato dall'IA

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.

Il vincitore francese del Nobel per l'economia Philippe Aghion ha implorato lunedì sera su France 2 di sospendere la riforma delle pensioni fino alle elezioni presidenziali del 2027. Suggerisce di fermare l'aumento graduale dell'età pensionabile a 62 anni e 9 mesi per allentare le tensioni. Questa dichiarazione arriva mentre il primo ministro Sébastien Lecornu ha aperto la porta al dibattito sulla sospensione della controversa riforma.

12 ottobre 2025 Riportato dall'IA

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.