nobel prize

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, has been proposed for nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian parliamentarian Arild Hermstad, leader of the Green Party of Norway. The initiative aims at the role of the head of state in defending democracy and the rule of law.

The 2009 Nobel Prize for literature will be awarded to Romanian-born German writer Herta Muller, the Nobel committee announced Thursday on the prestigious prizes’ website, nobelprize.org.