The Nobel Foundation, which manages the Nobel Prize, has announced that the award ceremony to be held in December will be held in the country where the winners live, as in last year, considering the impact of the new coronavirus. bottom.
The Nobel Prize award ceremony is held every December in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, but last year the ceremony was published online due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and the winners of each country I received medals and diplomas at embassies and universities.
The Nobel Foundation said on the 23rd that the pandemic is still ongoing and that it is unclear what the restrictions on travel from each country will be in the future, and that medals and diplomas will continue to be awarded in the country where the winners live. bottom.
The awards ceremony at Stockholm City Hall will be open to the public online and will be attended by local stakeholders if possible.
Meanwhile, the Norwegian Commission is considering whether to welcome the winners for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, the capital of Norway, and will announce it in the middle of next month.
The Nobel Foundation had a policy of inviting the winners of last year to the ceremony and dinner party, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus, it was forced to take an irregular response.
The Nobel Prize will be announced from the 4th of next month.