The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

Greta Thunberg, Alexeï Navalny, WHO… like every year, the prognosis went well to try to guess who would win this 2021 edition of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.

And like last year, the bookmakers, who had not seen the victory of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) coming, also did not anticipate the coronation of Filipino journalists Maria Ressa and Russian journalists Dimitri Muratov "for their efforts in favor of freedom of expression, which is a prerequisite for democracy and lasting peace, ”said the Nobel committee.

During a new year once again marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, but also by great tensions on the international scene (in Israel, in Afghanistan ...) and new natural disasters caused by global warming, 329 candidates were in the running for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the third highest total ever reached according to the Times.

To establish this list, each year, the Nobel committee asks academics, scientists, former laureates but also politicians from different countries to submit their candidates.

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