Reuters, 01/03 17:01 CET
By Alister Doyle
OSLO (Reuters) – The number of
nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize surged to a new record for 2016, a
guardian of the award said on Tuesday, with contenders ranging from
peace negotiators in Colombia to U.S. presidential candidate Donald
Trump.
“It came as a pleasant surprise,” Olav Njoelstad,
director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, told Reuters of the leap in
the number of nominees to 376 from a previous high of 278 in 2014.
Thousands of people, from members of every parliament
worldwide to all former winners, are eligible to make nominations.
Nomination does not imply Nobel endorsement.
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Source: Euronews
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