US EditionNobel Prize inseparable from winner but medal can be given away, award body says
The Norwegian Nobel Committee reaffirmed that the Peace Prize title cannot be transferred despite Maria Corina Machado gifting her 2025 medal to Donald Trump.
- At a White House meeting on January 15, 2026, Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump, and the Nobel Committee said the prize remains linked to the laureate despite the medal's transferability.
- Because Machado publicly gifted the medal, the committee clarified that the Nobel Foundation statutes state a prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred and the decision stands for all time.
- Historical cases include Dmitry Muratov selling his medal for $100 million to UNICEF, Knut Hamsun giving his to Joseph Goebbels in 1943, and Kofi Annan's widow donating his 2001 medal in 2024.
- The White House released images of Trump holding the framed medal, and a White House official said he intends to keep it, while the committee said it does not comment on laureates' post-award actions.
- Political analysts note Machado likely sought to influence Trump by boosting her bid for leadership in Venezuela after Maduro's ouster, while Trump has openly coveted a Nobel and claimed he ended eight wars.
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After Mar a Corina Machado delivered Nobel Peace Prize to Trump, the Norwegian Committee is awarded the original prize and award-winners are inseparable.
In Norway, criticisms of Maria Corina Machado for giving her prize to Donald Trump, who they understand, are basically followed.
OSLO.- The Nobel Institute, based in Oslo and responsible for awarding, among others, the Nobel Peace Prize, affirmed that the distinction is “inseparable” from the person receiving it, after the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her medal to the President of the United States, Donald Trump.The Norwegian Nobel Committee's pronouncement was met one day after the award winner in 2025 offered the medal of her Nobel Peace P…
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