STOCKHOLM, July 21 (Xinhua) -- There will be no Nobel Banquet in Stockholm City Hall this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Swedish media reported on Tuesday.
The Nobel Foundation's outgoing Executive Director Lars Heikensten was quoted by the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter as saying that the Nobel Prizes will be announced as usual in October, but the festivities in December will be severely limited as a result of the pandemic.
