Stockholm, Sept. 26 (BNA): The Nobel Foundation said Thursday that there will be no banquet in Stockholm this year and winners will receive Nobel Prize medals and diplomas in their home countries.
Last year’s traditional celebrations were also replaced by a primarily digital one as the pandemic spread to Europe and the rest of the world.
“I believe everyone would like the COVID-19 pandemic to end, but we are not there yet,” the Nobel Foundation said in a statement, adding that it hoped to hold a small local award ceremony even though the winners were not in attendance. to Reuters.
The foundation said that the ceremony will be broadcast on television and broadcast live on its Nobel Prize-winning digital platforms.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee maintains the possibility of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in a personal event.
“In mid-October, the committee will announce the format of the Nobel celebrations in Oslo,” the Nobel Foundation said.
The Peace Prize was awarded last year to the World Food Program in a virtual ceremony.
This year’s Nobel Prizes, awarded for achievements in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics, will be announced October 4-11.
The Nobel Prizes were created at the will of Swedish dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel and have been awarded since 1901.
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