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The World Health Organization WHO, climate activist Greta Thunberg, Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny or an award for journalists for the first time? On Friday (starting at 11 am) it will be announced in Oslo who will receive the Nobel Peace Prize this year. The award is considered the most prestigious political award in the world and this time it is endowed with ten million Swedish crowns (about one million Swiss francs). Last year went to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was honored above all by his initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea.
More than 300 candidates compete for Abiy’s successor. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, 211 personalities and 107 organizations were nominated in time for this year’s award. This corresponds to the fourth highest number of nominations, but is well below the peak of 376 nominees in 2016. A jury appointed by the Norwegian Parliament is responsible for selecting the winner.
Assange, Snowden, Manning or Hong Kong?
Nobel institutions traditionally keep the names of candidates secret for 50 years. However, some are revealed in advance by those who have submitted the nomination; This can include politicians, academics, and former Nobel Peace Prize winners. In the spring, two Swedish MPs announced that they had created their young compatriot Thunberg and the climate movement Fridays for Future. Members of the left-wing parliamentary group in the Bundestag proposed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning. A Norwegian parliamentary group nominated the people of Hong Kong for their fight for freedom and democracy.
A Norwegian MP also announced that he had nominated the President of the United States, Donald Trump, for his commitment to the agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, albeit for the 2021 award. However, it can be assumed that Trump will also be nominated for the this year’s award. has been. The experts don’t give you a chance.
If the gambling providers have their way, the WHO, Thunberg and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may have the highest hopes for this year’s award. Names should be enjoyed with caution: anyone who is among the favorites of the Norwegian Nobel Committee becomes a big secret every year. In theory, bettors can trust people and organizations that haven’t been nominated at all.
Navalny or journalists are also candidates
At the Stockholm Peace Research Institute, Sipri, director Dan Smith believes it is possible that the Nobel Committee could consider an award this time for the fight for human rights or the environment. The director of the Oslo Prio Peace Research Institute, Henrik Urdal, can imagine that the award will go to an organization of journalists such as the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for the first time. Russian opponent Alexej Navalny and young activists from Sudan, Libya and Somalia also feature high on Urdal’s list of favorites.
Unlike the other Nobel Prize winners, the Nobel Peace Prize is announced not in Stockholm, but in Oslo. There he will perform on December 10, the anniversary of the death of the inventor of dynamite and donor of the Alfred Nobel Prize. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this time it is unclear if the award winner can travel to Norway or if he will be digitally connected to the award ceremony. The award ceremony will not take place as usual in the Oslo City Hall, but on a much smaller scale in the auditorium of the city’s university.
