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AWARDS AND HONOURS - September 2021

Sep 2021

Oct 13, 2025

Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado Wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting dictatorship in the country, receiving the award despite U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated insistence he deserved it.
Machado was blocked in 2024 by Venezuela's courts from running for President and thus challenging President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power since 2013.

Oct 11, 2025

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Awarded to Venezuela's María Corina Machado

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 awarded to María Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy".
The announcement was made by the chair of The Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes.

Oct 10, 2025

László Krasznahorkai Wins the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, the celebrated Hungarian novelist renowned for his dense, poetic, and apocalyptic prose. The Swedish Academy honoured him for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art. Krasznahorkai's works delve into the depths of human despair, chaos, and beauty, marking him as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary world literature.

Oct 09, 2025

Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2025

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for their work on metal-organic frameworks.
The three scientists' work could tackle some of the biggest problems on our planet, including capturing carbon dioxide to help tackle climate change and reducing plastic pollution using chemistry.
The three winners will share prize money of 11 million Swedish kronor (£872,000).

Oct 08, 2025

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

Scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for 'the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit', the award-giving body said.
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has provided opportunities for developing the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers, and quantum sensors.
All three winners are based in the United States.
The Nobel physics prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and includes a prize sum totalling 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million) that is shared among the winners if there are several, as is often the case.

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