European Union receives Nobel Peace Prize

Jose Manuel Barroso, Herman Van Rompuy, and Martin Schulz, on behalf of the EU, on Monday in Oslo, Norway, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 10.12.2012.

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OSLO Jose Manuel Barroso, Herman Van Rompuy, and Martin Schulz, on behalf of the EU, on Monday in Oslo, Norway, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Presidents of the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament were joined by leaders of most countries of the Union during the ceremony. European Union receives Nobel Peace Prize However they did not include Czech President Vaclav Klaus and British Prime Minister David Cameron, who are known for their euroskeptic views. Guests of honor were six young Europeans, aged between seven and 18, who won a competition for artistic and literary works on the subject of - "the future of the EU". As previously announced in Brussels, a little less than one million euros of the Nobel prize money will be paid into a special fund to help child victims of war. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said yesterday that the European Union will come out of the current crisis "strengthened", and become once again "a symbol of hope". At least 1,000 members of leftist and human rights groups took to the streets in Oslo to protest the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU. Tanjug

European Union receives Nobel Peace Prize

However they did not include Czech President Vaclav Klaus and British Prime Minister David Cameron, who are known for their euroskeptic views.

Guests of honor were six young Europeans, aged between seven and 18, who won a competition for artistic and literary works on the subject of - "the future of the EU".

As previously announced in Brussels, a little less than one million euros of the Nobel prize money will be paid into a special fund to help child victims of war.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said yesterday that the European Union will come out of the current crisis "strengthened", and become once again "a symbol of hope".

At least 1,000 members of leftist and human rights groups took to the streets in Oslo to protest the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU.

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