Serbian Ombudsman Saša Janković said late on Sunday that there were more good than bad sides to his attendance at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. The ceremony in Oslo, Norway, honored Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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Aftermath of “Nobel disputeâ€
December 11th, 2010 |
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It is uncertain how FM Vuk Jeremić’s decision not to send the Serbian ambassador to the Nobel ceremony would affect his credibility in the country and abroad.
The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was attended by Serbian Ombudsman Saša Janković.
Nobel Peace Prize awarded in absentia
December 10th, 2010 |
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The Nobel Committee has formally awarded jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo its 2010 Peace Prize in absentia, RFE/RL reports. “Liu has only exercised his civil rights. He has not done anything wrong. He must be released,” Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said in a speech before placing the award, embossed with Liu’s initials, on an empty chair on the podium to highlight his absence from the ceremony.
Premier changes Nobel boycott decision
December 9th, 2010 |
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Serbia will send an official to the ceremony in Oslo for this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize award.
This comes despite an announcement this week that the ceremony, set to honor a Chinese dissident and opposed by China, would not be attended.
Russia urges: Nominate Assange for Nobel
December 9th, 2010 |
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Reports say that Moscow is urging NGOs and public organizations to “seriously consider” nominating WikiLeaks editor-in-chief for the Nobel Peace Prize. London’s Guardian reports that the jailed founder of the whistleblowing website has received “an unexpected show of support”.
PM: Serbia’s Nobel move is tactical
December 9th, 2010 |
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Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković says the decision not to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is a tactical one. The Nobel Committee decided to this year award Chinese dissident Lui Xiaobo – something that China angrily opposes.
Nobel boycott “no easy decision”, says FM
December 9th, 2010 |
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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said that Serbia’s decision not to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony was not made easily. But he told TV B92 late on Wednesday that such a move was in the best interests of the country at this point.
SPO, LSV against boycott of Nobel ceremony
December 8th, 2010 |
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Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) and League of Social-Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) have called on the government to reconsider decision to boycott Nobel ceremony.
The Socialists and Radicals think that Serbia needs to support China’s official policy.
“Don’t boycott Nobel Prize ceremony”
December 8th, 2010 |
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Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) has called upon the state to change its decision to boycott this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
In an open letter to the authorities, YUCOM has asked the government to send its representative to Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo which will honor Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
FM on Nobel snub and ties with China
December 8th, 2010 |
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Serbia pays special attention to the protection of human rights, but the bilateral relations with China represent one of Serbia’s highest national interests.
This is according to Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić, who on Tuesday in Belgrade explained the decision that Serbia will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo on Friday.
Serbia to boycott Nobel ceremony
December 7th, 2010 |
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Serbia is among the countries that will boycott this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, according to the BBC. According to the report, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that China and 18 other countries – Serbia among them – will stay away from Friday’s ceremony that will honor Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Another Nobel Economist Says We Have to Prosecute Fraud Or Else the Economy Won’t Recover
November 3rd, 2010 |
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As economists such as William Black and James Galbraith have repeatedly said, we cannot solve the economic crisis unless we throw the criminals who committed fraud in jail.And Nobel prize winning economist George Akerlof has demonstrated that failure …
China cancels Norway meeting over Nobel
October 11th, 2010 |
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Chinese officials have canceled a meeting with a Norwegian minister, RFE/RL is reporting. It came after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Dalai Lama criticises China over Nobel
October 11th, 2010 |
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The Dalai Lama, has criticised the Chinese government for its opposition to the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said the Chinese government did “not appreciate different opinions”.
Nobel Design unit wins tender for freehold land at 11, 13 Lim Tua Tow Road
October 8th, 2010 |
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Nobel Design Holdings says its Urban Lofts has been won the tender to acquire the Glenville freehold land at 11 & 13 Lim Tua Tow Road for $39.51 million.
The site area is 43,335 sq ft and is adjacent to New Gardens, 7-9E Lim Tua Tow Road.
Urban Lofts is a Joint Venture company set up by Nobel Design, Aspen Development, A.C.T Holdings and individual Soh Chooi Lai for the development of the property at New Gardens.
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Chinese dissident
October 8th, 2010 |
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The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to the Chinese political dissident and human rights campaigner Liu Xiabao. The 55-year-old was among the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Last year he was arrested and jailed for 11 years while collecting signatures for his pro-democracy charter.
The 2010 Nobel prizes: Making new things
October 7th, 2010 |
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This year’s prizes are awarded for two types of carbon chemistry, and IVF
CARBON is the basis of more molecules than all the other elements put together. It is, though, surprisingly inert. A lump of graphite or a diamond will sit happily on a laboratory bench without bursting into flames, or even rusting, and is impervious to the action of water. Better ways of manipulating the element are therefore welcome, particularly as organic chemicals, as carbon compounds are known whether or not they have ever been part of a living creature, form the basis of much human industry.
That this year’s Nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded for a better way of synthesising organic compounds is thus appropriate. The winners, Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki, used palladium as a catalyst. …
Nobel Design’s 1H net profit stands at $3.6m
August 10th, 2010 |
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Nobel Design Holdings says group revenue for the first half of the current financial year increased 55% to $27.85 million compared to $17.93 million for the 6 months ended 30 June 2009.
Group net profit increased to $3.61 million as compared to a profit of $0.02 million.
Wiesel campaigns to free Khodorkovsky
June 25th, 2010 |
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Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel is launching a global campaign to free imprisoned Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Weisel, a Holocaust survivor, says Khodorkovsky, serving an eight-year sentence for tax evasion, is a “political prisoner.”
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist: Federal Reserve System is Corrupt and Undermines Democracy
March 4th, 2010 |
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Joseph Stiglitz – former head economist at the World Bank and a nobel-prize winner – said yesterday that the very structure of the Federal Reserve system is so fraught with conflicts that it is “corrupt” and undermines democracy.Stiglitz said:If we [i….