Nobel prizes in year marked by pandemicSTOCKHOLMPress freedom groups and climate activist Greta Thunberg are making Nobel Peace Prize buzz ahead of next week’s award announcements, in a pandemic year that has highlighted the importance of science and research. The Nobel prizes for literature and peace, to be announced on October 8 and 9 respectively, tend to garner the most public interest, given occasionally to well-known people or organizations. "The pandemic is a big crisis for mankind, but it illustrates how important science is," Nobel Foundation head Lars Heikensten said. For the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, "it’s clear the pandemic will have some kind of effect on the reflections of the (Academy’s) Nobel committee members. Nobel Peace Prize experts meanwhile noted the lack of a clear frontrunner this year.

Source: Ethiopian News October 01, 2020 02:15 UTC