News of prize

Veterans from Malvinas conflict shortlisted for Nobel Peace Prize

11-11-2020 15:22 Former Argentine soldier Julio Aro and retired British Army colonel Geoffrey Cardozo shortlisted for honour as a result of their tireless work identifying remains of fallen soldiers on islands.

Nobel prizes

Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions

12-10-2020 12:05 US economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in Economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."

Nobel prize

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

09-10-2020 11:37 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme on Friday for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, as the coronavirus pandemic pushes millions more into hunger.

Nobel prizes

US poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

08-10-2020 17:41 Louise Glück, a US poet long revered for the power, inventiveness and concision of her work and for her generosity to younger writers, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

NOBEL PRIZE

Two scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool

07-10-2020 09:33 Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a way of editing genes likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.

NOBEL PRIZES

Three scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole finds

06-10-2020 09:02 Three scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Pérez Esquivel nominates Evo Morales for Nobel Peace Prize

04-03-2020 13:13 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel nominates former Bolivian president for award, hailing him for programmes that fought "poverty, inequality, climate change."

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Scientists announce 'breakthrough' atomic map of Coronavirus

19-02-2020 16:31 US scientists announced they had created the first 3D atomic scale map of the part of the novel coronavirus that attaches to and infects human cells, a critical step toward developing vaccines and treatments.

International Honour

Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

14-02-2020 15:36 The group, known as the EAAF, has worked with victims in more than 60 countries of various catastrophes and conflicts.

Bloomberg

Economist Stiglitz sees ‘significant haircuts’ for Argentina's debt

21-01-2020 12:03 “The reality is there will have to be significant haircuts,” says economist in interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Bloomberg

Argentine fighter wins US$1 million – but won't bring prize money home

06-01-2020 09:12 “I’m not going to be so stupid as to take even one dollar back to Argentina,” says Sordi, after winning Professional Fighters League’s light heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden.

Nobel Peace Prize

Ethiopia PM Abiy wins Nobel Peace Prize for mending ties with Eritrea

11-10-2019 12:27 Abiy was honoured "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea," the Nobel Committee said.

Literature

Vargas Llosa returns to Latin American history with new novel

08-10-2019 18:56 Nobel Literature Prize-winning Peruvian author releases his new novel this week 'Tiempo recios.'

KRUGMAN TWEETS

Krugman: Macri repeating the errors of 2001 crisis

06-09-2019 20:35 The renowned economic and New York Times columnist sharply rebuked Macri's handling of the Argentine economy in Twitter thread this week.