Overview
- María Corina Machado did not attend the Oslo Peace Prize ceremony, and her daughter accepted the medal and diploma on her behalf during the official broadcast.
- The Norwegian Nobel Institute later stated that Machado would arrive in Oslo despite missing the ceremony.
- Russia’s ambassador to Norway, Nikolay Korchunov, condemned the Peace Prize decision as interference in Venezuela’s internal affairs.
- In Stockholm, King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the non‑peace awards at the Concert Hall, followed by the traditional banquet in the Blue Hall of City Hall.
- The 2025 laureates include Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Simon Sakaguchi (medicine); John Clark, Michelle Devoret and John Martinis (physics); Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi (chemistry); László Krasznahorkai (literature); and Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt (economic sciences).