SwissInfo
Swiss analysts say they were surprised by the decision but found it a well-deserved reminder of the body's accomplishments. I think it makes sense if the (Nobel committee) is trying to state that it's important to underline all that the EU stands for,...
Daily News & Analysis
Here is a look at the European Union, which was awarded the Nobel Prize on Friday. Origins The EU represented an attempt to integrate Europe in the aftermath of World War Two. The first steps were to foster economic cooperation: the idea being that...
The independent
The announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize for the European Union has predictably deepened the divide between europhiles and europhobes. The irony of the honour being bestowed in the midst of one of the EU's worst crises and at a time of deep rifts...
The Guardian
Despite conflicts within EU countries, such as the Basque insurgency, no two member states have ever gone to war against one another. Photograph: Rafa Rivas/AFP/Getty Images The European Union , pronounced Herman Van Rompuy, the nearest the body has...
The Guardian
bad timing all round Given the EU's current crises, both existential and economic, the Nobel committee could have chosen a better moment Why give the EU the Nobel peace prize now, rather than when it successfully expanded into the former Soviet Union?
News 24
The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the crisis-torn EU on Friday sparked a stunned Twitter backlash, many reacting with derision and anger, although some netizens came to its defence. "Let's forget about #Malala & peers, brave community...