Press freedom, Belarus opposition or Greta for Nobel Peace Prize? OSLO: Media watchdogs, Belarus opposition leaders and climate campaigners such as Greta Thunberg are among those seen as contenders when the Nobel Peace Prize is announced on Friday. The highlight of the Nobel season, the prestigious peace prize always elicits a flurry of speculation. Ukraine opposition, climate campaignersAlso mentioned as a possible winner is the non-violent opposition in Belarus, which has denounced as fraudulent the August 2020 election win that gave strongman President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term. The lavish banquet in Oslo celebrating the peace prize laureate every December was cancelled last year due to the pandemic and may be again this year.

Source: Bangkok Post October 06, 2021 02:48 UTC