"We have decided we will not have quotas for gender or ethnicity," he said, adding that the decision was "in line with the spirit of Alfred Nobel's last will". Swedish industrialist and chemist ...

In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace – the Nobel ...

But ever since last February a subcommittee of five members ... In his handwritten will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that “no consideration whatever be paid to the nationality of the candidate ...

ALfred Nobel's last will, written in 1895, left funds for awards to be given in the five disciplines that he felt contributed ...

So, in his will Alfred Nobel set aside the bulk of his considerable estate (+/- 94 percent) to the creation of the Nobel Prizes. It was an amount that would be equivalent today to nearly one billion ...

The Peace Prize committee in Oslo has increasingly allowed geopolitical considerations to guide the selection of an awardee.

What achievements are behind this year's Nobel Prizes? What do the efforts, theories, dissemination and results mean to you ...