All the updated news related to peace prize

All the news related to peace prize updated in real time

Found 48

forpeace prize

Order by:

World

Poland’s ex-president Lech Walesa diagnosed with Covid

Lech Walesa, Poland’s ex-president and former Solidarity pro-democracy movement leader, says that he has Covid-19. The 78-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate said on Facebook that he was surprised to find out he is infected despite the three ...

21 Jan 2022 at 20:55

Political leaders and other dignitaries to gather for David Trimble’s funeral

Political leaders and other dignitaries will join family and friends of peace process architect David Trimble at his funeral service later. The 77-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner died last week following an illness. The peer and former ...

01 Aug 2022 at 03:45

World

Jailed women’s rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi is awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi, who has campaigned for women’s rights, democracy and against the death penalty in Iran for years, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Ms Mohammadi, 51, has done her work despite facing numerous ...

06 Oct 2023 at 13:21

World

Iranian women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting the oppression of women in Iran. “She fights for women against systematic discrimination and oppression,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of ...

06 Oct 2023 at 10:21

World

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa cleared of tax evasion in Philippines

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online news company have been cleared of tax evasion charges she said were part of a slew of legal cases used by former president Rodrigo Duterte to muzzle critical reporting. The Court ...

18 Jan 2023 at 03:46

World

Bangladesh court jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for violating labour laws

A labour court in Bangladesh’s capital has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labour laws. Yunus, who pioneered using microcredit to help impoverished people, was ...

02 Jan 2024 at 10:02

Local News

John Hume honoured in Strasbourg as Taoiseach unveils bust of former Derry MEP

Taoiseach Micheal Martin unveiled a bust in honour of former Derry political giant John Hume at the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week, where he was joined by the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, ...

08 Jun 2022 at 19:33

Politicians urged to step up efforts to break impasse in tribute to Lord Trimble

‘David Trimble funeral should provide inspiration to break political impasse’

Mourners at the funeral of Lord Trimble have heard an appeal for Northern Ireland’s political leaders to redouble their efforts to break the Stormont impasse as a tribute to the peace process architect. Prime Minister Boris ...

01 Aug 2022 at 19:44

Bill Clinton hails Lord Trimble for helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland

Former US President Bill Clinton has led tributes to David Trimble, stating that his “lifetime of service” helped bring peace to Northern Ireland. The 77-year-old peer and ex-leader of the Ulster Unionist Party was one of ...

26 Jul 2022 at 12:42

Around Carlow

Carlow people invited to hear Nobel Peace Laureate and ‘Dalai Lama’s hero’ at virtual event

People from County Carlow are being invited to tune in and hear Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Richard Moore, a man known as ‘the Dalai Lama’s hero’, at the annual Afri Féile Bríde event which ...

31 Jan 2022 at 21:33

World

Nobel Peace Prize winners condemn Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. In a speech at Saturday’s award ceremony, Oleksandra ...

10 Dec 2022 at 19:05

Northern Ireland

Good Friday Agreement ‘would not have happened without brave community workers’

The brave work of local communities which created the circumstances for the Good Friday Agreement should be celebrated as the 25th anniversary of the peace accord approaches, the head of a peace fund has ...

29 Dec 2022 at 13:33

Years
2026

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.