Friday, October 12, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Nobel Peace Prize 2012: European Union Wins For Role In Uniting Continent

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Nobel Peace Prize 2012: European Union Wins For Role In Uniting Continent
Oct 12th 2012, 09:03

OSLO, Norway (AP) — The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to promote peace and democracy in Europe – despite being in the midst of its biggest crisis since the bloc was created in the 1950s.

The Norwegian prize committee said the EU received the award for six decades of contributions "to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.

"The stabilizing part played by the European Union has helped to transform a once torn Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace," Nobel committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said.

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