"Never use again"

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Japanese anti-nuclear activists

This year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to the organization Nihon Hidankyo, a group that campaigns against nuclear weapons. The organization was founded by survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Their credo is: "These weapons must never be used again." The organization was honoured for its efforts to "make the world free of nuclear weapons".

The Nobel Prize winners in the categories of medicine, physics, chemistry and literature have already been announced this week. The final award in economics will follow on Monday. All of these Nobel Prizes are traditionally awarded in Stockholm, with the Nobel Peace Prize being the only one awarded in Oslo.

The Nobel Prizes go back to the dynamite inventor and prize donor Alfred Nobel (1833-1896). On the anniversary of his death on December 10, they will all be presented in a ceremony, with the Peace Prize once again being the only one to be awarded in Oslo instead of Stockholm. This year's awards are once again associated with prize money of eleven million Swedish kronor (just under 970,000 euros) per category.