Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Announcement Live Updates: US President’s aggressive claim over Nobel Peace Prize 2025, has added an extra-layer of attention to the coveted ceremony which is to be held today. The winner of the prize will be announced at 2:30 pm IST today in Oslo, Norway.
This year, the Norwegian Nobel Committee received a total of 338 nominations, which consisted of 244 individuals and 94 organisations, all competing for one of the most prestigious awards in the world.
Nobel Peace Prize 2025: When and Where to Watch?
The prize will be revealed at 11 am Central European Summer Time (CEST), or 2.30 pm Indian Standard Time (IST), at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. The announcement will be made by Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Anyone can watch the announcement live on the official Nobel Prize YouTube channel.
Who Decides the Winner?
The Norwegian Nobel Committee is made up of 5 members, all appointed by Norway’s 169-member parliament, the Storting. The members include human rights advocate Jorgen Watne Frydnes, foreign policy expert Asle Toje, former acting Prime Minister Anne Enger, ex-Minister of Education Kristin Clemet, and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Gry Larsen. Together, they review nominations and select the winner each year.
Can Trump really win a Nobel?
Experts, including Nina Graeger, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, have said that if Trump were able to pressure Russia to end the war in Ukraine or Israel to halt its conflict in Gaza, he could be considered a serious contender for the Nobel Peace Prize, Sky News reported.
Now that an agreement has reached between Hamas and Israel before the Nobel announcement, it could become a possibility. According to Alfred Nobel’s will, the prize is meant for them “who have done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations”.
What will the winner get?
The Nobel Peace Prize comes with a medal designed by Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland, featuring Alfred Nobel. In addition, the winner will receive a cash prize of 11 million Swedish crowns.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: Who won this year’s Nobel prize in Physics?
This year’s Nobel prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, John M. Martinis “or the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit”.
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: Who are the top contenders of this year’s Nobel peace prize?
This year, the Norweign panel received a total of 338 nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, including 244 individuals and 94 organizations.
The nominations are kept secret for 50 years, as per the rules. However, there are several people who are considered top contenders for this year’s Nobel peace prize.
This include: The widow of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya; Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms for their brave work during civil war in the African nation; both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) and United Nations General Secretary Antonio Guterres.
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: Israel PM Netanyahu backs Trump for Nobel prize
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also backed US President Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize.
“Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize – he deserves it!” he said in a post on X.
Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize – he deserves it! 🏅 pic.twitter.com/Hbuc7kmPt1
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 9, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: How can one nominate someone for Nobel prize?
In order to become a Nobel Prize laureate one must first be nominated for a prize by an eligible nominator. Self-nomination is not allowed. Except for the Nobel Peace Prize, nomination is by invitation only and nominators must fulfil the criteria set out by the awarding institutions.
Eligible nominations are then considered by the prize awarders, who make the final decision as to who will receive a Nobel Prize.
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: Russia backs Trump for Nobel peace prize 2025
Kremlin said that Russia would back US President Donald Trump’s candidature for the Nobel Peace Prize, state news agency TASS quoted key aide Yuri Ushakov as saying on Friday.
According to a report in Reuters, Moscow said it was grateful for Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in remarks published on Thursday that Kyiv would nominate Trump for the Nobel, which he openly covets, if he managed to bring about a ceasefire.
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: Why are Nobel prizes awarded?
The Nobel prizes are distributed as per the will Alfred Nobel. On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris.
When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden and internationally, as Nobel had left much of his wealth for the establishment of a prize.
His family opposed the establishment of the Nobel Prize, and the prize awarders he named refused to do what he had requested in his will. But five years later, the first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901.
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: Who was Alfred Nobel? Man after who the prize is names?
Alfred Nobel was an inventor, entrepreneur, scientist and businessman who also wrote poetry and drama. His varied interests are reflected in the Nobel Prizes which he laid the foundation for in 1895 in his last will and testament, according to the Nobel prize official website.
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Live Updates: Who are the 4 US Presidents to won a Nobel prize?
US President Donald Trump is eyeing the coveted Nobel peace prize for stopping “seven wars” in his second tenure. While the final decision is with the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a US President getting the Nobel prize won’t be a new thing.
Four US Presidents have previously won the Nobel peace prize.
1. Theodore Roosevelt received the prize in 1906 for having negotiated peace in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-1905.
2. Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (for 1919) “for his role as founder of the League of Nations.” This league of nations later evolved to present day United Nations.
3. Former US President Jimmy Carter was given the award “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development”.
4. Ex-US prez Barack Obama was the latest recipient of the award in 2009 his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.
