The European Union received the Nobel Peace Prize

The 27-member coalition today was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its contributions to peace, reconciliation, democracy and human rights throughout its years.

The official announcement confirming the owner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize was launched in the Norwegian capital Oslo at 11 o'clock local time (16 o'clock in Hanoi time).

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has a list of 231 individuals and organizations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. This list is absolutely confidential. Therefore, as close to the announcement date, rumors about people or organizations are awarded more and more. The range of names is likely to win quite a lot, however, as of the end of yesterday, the European Union took the lead when receiving the most anticipated.

Norway's famous state television channel NRK today said that the committee responsible for awarding the award was coming to a final decision, and would award this honor to the European Union (EU) on the 60th anniversary. year established European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the forerunner of the EU. ECSC was then created to help bring peace and stability to a continent that was deeply divided by war. An hour before the official Nobel Peace Prize was announced, NRK once again affirmed that the EU would be honored.

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Earlier, NRK also argued that the ongoing struggle for personal freedom in Eastern Europe or the Mexican bishop, Raul Vera Lopez was the top candidates, claiming there was a reason to believe that there would be only the only winner to receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The award last year was awarded to three women: Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, "peace warrior" and Liberia countryman Leymah Gbowee, and activist Tawakkul Karman of the Arab Spring movement in Yemen.

The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland as usual remains open about who will be honored. He only told Norway's Aftenposten daily that the five members of the committee made a consistent decision and not too difficult to achieve.

In addition to the names, Maggie Gobran, dubbed the "Mother Teresa" of the Egyptian slums of the Cairo capital, leads the list of people who can receive the Nobel Peace Prize according to a statistic. betting page, at a rate of 6.5 / 1. Former US President Bill Clinton, former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, or a person who disclosed information to WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning is also said to be on the list.

The director of the Norwegian Institute of Peace Research in Oslo, Mr. Kristian Berg Harpviken follows the work of the peace committee and offers a short list of people who can receive awards each year. This year's Harpviken list includes American scholar Gene Sharp, Russian Memorial human rights group and founder Svetlana Gannushkina, Russia's Echo of Moscow radio station and editor Alexei Venediktov. In particular, Myanmar President Thein Sein is also on this list, along with Nigerian Archbishop John Onaiyekan, Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar, or Cuban human rights activist Oscar Elias Biscet.

Individuals or organizations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize will receive Nobel certificates, gold medals and 8 million Swedish kronor (about 1.2 million USD). The awards ceremony will take place in the Norwegian capital Oslo on 12 December, right on the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist and prize-winning founder, Alfred Nobel.