Wars, rows and scandals: When the Nobels didn’t go as planned

Stockholm, Oct 1 (AFP/APP):Wars, jailed laureates and diplomatic rows have occasionally put the brakes on the Nobel prizes through the years. This time it is the coronavirus pandemic that has thwarted plans, and while prize announcements will go ahead next week, December festivities will be scaled back. The traditional December 10 awards ceremony and banquet in Stockholm honouring the laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and economics has been replaced by a televised event where the winners will receive their prizes in their home countries. The Oslo ceremony for the peace prize, held on the same day, will meanwhile go … Continue reading Wars, rows and scandals: When the Nobels didn’t go as planned