Winner of 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to be announced – Europe Live

The winner will be announced in a ceremony that starts at 10am UK time (11am CEST)

Key events11m agoMorning opening: Who will win the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize? Chairman of the Nobel committee, Jorgen Watne Frydnes Photograph: Tom Little/ReutersView image in fullscreenChairman of the Nobel committee, Jorgen Watne Frydnes Photograph: Tom Little/ReutersKey events11m agoMorning opening: Who will win the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize?The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced this morning, with all sorts of speculation about who could be this year’s worthy winner.

View image in fullscreenChairman of the Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, announces last year’s Nobel Peace Prize award. Photograph: Tom Little/Reuters(Despite his hopes, Donald Trump is very unlikely to win it, again.)

Mykola Kuleba and Save Ukraine who work on rescuing Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during the war have long been among the favourites, alongside Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms.

But in the last few hours, Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Alexei Navalny, has gone straight to the very top of the list on some popular prediction websites. Could she be the one – just days after Vladimir Putin’s birthday in Russia?

Well: no one really knows, except a handful of members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Its chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes will appear in front of cameras at 10am UK time (11am CEST) this morning to give us the name of the winner.

It’s Friday, 9 October 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.