Nobel prizes

The Nobel announcements, the discoveries being recognised and their significance.

• Trump says Norway has 'indelible stain' for not awarding him Nobel Peace Prize

  The Hindu

  The U.S. President called Navi Pillay a “mystery ​person” during a ‌campaign rally in Syracuse, New York. “I never heard of the person. Nobody did.”

• Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize, but doubts he will get it

  The Hindu

  Since ‌his return to the White House last ‌year, Mr. ⁠Trump has repeatedly said he deserves what may ⁠be the world's most prestigious award

• How This Year’s Economics Nobel Winners Shaped the World

  Foreign Policy

  The work of Michael Woodford and Robert Hall laid the groundwork for today’s central bankers.

• Nobel Peace Prize: the message behind Navi Pillay’s win

  South China Morning Post

  The awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay matters for reasons that go well beyond the laureate herself. The award does three things at once. First, it restores credibility to the prize. Second, it rejects in unambiguous terms the Thrasymachian doctrine that might is right, which has become the operating philosophy of major powers. Third, it highlights a warning of what happens when a hegemon decides it is above the law. The correction was...

• Digested week: No Nobel again for Trump but he looks a cert to retain Fifa peace prize | John Crace

  The Guardian

  With his war in Iran and siding with Russia, it’s hard to think of someone who has done more to make the world a safer place In hindsight it might have been more, shall we say, diplomatic if Donald Trump had taken a few deep breaths after finding out that he had been overlooked for the Nobel peace prize for the second year running before virtually declaring war on Norway. But maybe we should just be grateful that he refrained from rubbishing the South African human rights activist Navi Pillay, w