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View of the workplace of Ruzicska, one of the two publishers of secession Verlag. This year, the Great Berlin Publishing Prize goes to Secession Verlag. Photo: Jörg Carstensen/dpa

Lifestyle

LITERARY AWARD

Uruguayan writer Peri Rossi to receive Miguel de Cervantes Prize

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/11/21

The Cervantes Prize is considered the most important literary award in the Spanish-speaking world

Angela Merkel (R) receives the Charles V European award from King Felipe VI, in the presence of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

HONORED

Spain's King Felipe VI bestows Charles V European Award on Merkel

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/14/21

The king said the prize was going to a personality who had always been ahead of her time

Coronavirus

FOR SAVING LIVES

Sniffer dogs used to detect coronavirus win Finnish 'hero dog' award

The Nomad Today 10/28/20

The kennel club's Hero Dog designation is awarded to dogs that have helped save one or more human lives.

Finland

Finland's Gender Equality award to an NGO that changed discriminatory laws worldwide

The Nomad Today 12/2/19

The organization also managed to change attitudes towards female genital mutilation and child marriages, and as a result, more and more people disapprove of these practices.

Abiy-Ahmed-Ali-Nobel-Prize.-By-European-Commission

World

Nobel peace price awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

The Nomad Today 10/11/19

The Nobel Committee granted him the award for his "decisive initiative" to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

Oodi-Helsink-by-Tuomas-Uusheimo-Helsinki-Marketing

Finland

Helsinki's Oodi voted as the best new public library in the world

The Nomad Today 8/28/19

Other candidates that made it to the final were Green Square Library and Plaza in Australia, Bibliotheek Lockhal in the Netherlands and Tūranga –Christchurch Central Library in New Zealand.