For the love of President Donald Trump, a person appears to have stolen someone’s identity to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize — for the second year in a row. Olav Njolstad, director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Peace Prize, told The Washington Post via email that it appears the same person is responsible for both forged nominations. The process for Nobel Prize nominations and selections is secretive and has been so since the prize’s inception in 1901. They can be, among other things, members of national governments or heads of states, certain university professors, former Peace Prize winners and current and former members or advisers of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. This year, there are 329 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, the second-highest number of candidates ever, just behind 2016’s 376 candidates.

Source: National Post March 01, 2018 16:38 UTC