A former Marie Curie laboratory in Paris was threatened with demolition to build a new scientific center. The project triggered the anger of heritage defenders. Faced with the controversy, the Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul-Malak, finally suspended the destruction of the building. The first excavator operations were to start on Monday January 8. They are … Read more
World News Nobel laureate jailed for six months in Bangladesh; Allegedly politically motivated Dhaka: The Bangladesh court sentenced Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in prison for violating the country’s labor laws. Renowned economist Muhammad Yunus and three of his colleagues at Grameen Telecom, which he founded, failed to implement a welfare fund for … Read more
2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was found guilty on Monday of violating labor laws in Bangladesh. “Professor Yunus and three of his colleagues at Grameen Telecom were found guilty under labor laws and sentenced to six months in prison,” said prosecutor Khurshid Alam Khan. The four were, however, released on bail pending appeal. … Read more
For Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, the conflict in the Gaza Strip proves that real and metaphorical walls continue to divide the world. Now, first of all, he wishes for peace. In the long term, however, he does not stop hoping that reading books can not only provide a person with an escape from an increasingly … Read more
The leading contemporary Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has again become a holder of the French Legion of Honor. The highest state award for civilian or military services to the nation was awarded to him by French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Tirana this Monday, AFP reported. Kadare already held the lower rank of … Read more
AFP In 2016, she received the National Humanities Medal at the White House NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 11:12 The American writer Louise Glück has died. Three years ago she won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The jury praised her poetry and essays, among other things. Glück was 80 years old and died of cancer at her home … Read more
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 went to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, for his “innovative” work that gave “a voice to what cannot be said,” according to an announcement by the Swedish Academy, which is responsible for the prestigious award, Thursday in Stockholm. Who is Fossa, nicknamed the “writer of silence” with an elitist orientation? … Read more
Foss, 64, is one of his country’s most prominent playwrights, having written about 40 plays as well as novels, short stories, children’s books, poetry and essays. Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Academy, announced the award on Thursday in Stockholm. Malm said that he phoned Foss to inform him of the award and that the … Read more
The 64-year-old Norwegian playwright and writer Jon Fosse became the latest laureate of the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. He was honored for his innovative prose and poetry, with which he expressed the unspeakable, said Mats Malm, the awarding secretary of the Swedish Academy. He emphasized that the author has established himself on a … Read more
Stockholm: The 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been announced. Moungi G. Bavensi (MIT, USA), Louis E. Brus (Columbia University, USA), Alexei I. Ekimov (USA) three people were awarded the award. The award is for research in nanotechnology. All three were awarded for the discovery and development of quantum dot and nanoparticles. The Nobel Prize … Read more