Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to go ahead, the only in-person Nobel award this year

The medal presented to Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Charles M. Rice is seen, during a ceremony in New York, U.S. December 8, 2020. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS

OSLO (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize laureates will be able collect their awards in Oslo in December, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, unlike in Stockholm where the other Nobel ceremonies have been cancelled due to the pandemic for the second year running.

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, who braved the wrath of the leaders of the Philippines and Russia to expose corruption and misrule, won the Nobel Peace Prize https://www.reuters.com/world/philippines-journalist-ressa-russian-journalist-muratov-win-2021-nobel-peace-2021-10-08 this year, in an endorsement of free speech under fire worldwide.