Leader of the Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen believes Norwegians should tighten up on luxury. She points out that frequent holidays abroad, regular restaurant visits and the purchase of expensive clothes made the Norwegian lifestyle before the pandemic “a little breial”. CITY HOLIDAY: Paris with the Eiffel Tower is a favorite destination for many Norwegians. The leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, believes that the somewhat breial Norwegian lifestyle with several city breaks a year will decrease. Photo: NTB / Scanpix Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB scanpix – We had a lot of money to spend and spent a lot. Bought more and more. That was not all that was sympathetic about that lifestyle, Berit Reiss-Andersen explains in the Summer Quarter in news’s Nyhetsmorgen. She hastens to add that the criticism is as much directed at herself as at others. – I think this way of life will decrease, she emphasizes. – It can have some positive aspects to curb our luxury consumption. For my part, I am very happy if I get a good glass of wine once in a while, and some books. The rest is not so bad, says Reiss-Andersen. MEANINGFUL AWARD: In October, Berit Reiss-Andersen will announce who will receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize and hopes it will appear meaningful and relevant in a turbulent time. Photo: Eirik Ramberg / news Global perspective news meets Reiss-Andersen in her office in the center of Oslo, with documents and notes scattered across desks and shelves. The 68-year-old holds the cards close to his chest about who can be the favorite for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in this turbulent and dramatic year, but news is still trying. – As it looks now, several experts believe that there may still be war in Ukraine when you and the Nobel Committee announce the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in October. What role can this year’s award play in this context? – This year there is a war in Europe. I think in almost every year we have awarded the prize, there has also been war somewhere in the world. For us, this war is very close to us, has affected us as citizens of Europe to a great extent, says Reiss-Andersen. And continues: – When we hand out the prize, we will take into account a global perspective, I think there are many people all over the world who feel that we live in a troubled time, and I hope maybe that we find a prize that can appear meaningful and relevant in the time we live in, says Reiss-Andersen. LEADER OF THE NOBEL COMMITTEE; Berit Reiss-Andersen chairs the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and in October each year she announces the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, directly transferred to large parts of the world. Here from last year, when the Russian editor Dmitry Muratov and the Philippine journalist Marisa Ressa won the prize for the fight for freedom of expression. Photo: STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM / AFP Demanding with Putin When asked if she agrees with those who believe that it is not possible for the West to restore cooperation with Russia as long as Vladimir Putin is president of the country, Reiss-Andersen answers: – I think it becomes demanding. – In what way? “Vladimir Putin’s actions have been a marked breach of trust in international law and international world order,” she emphasized. She points out that international cooperation is built on the principles of international law and world order. – So if such a collaboration is to re-emerge, then Putin has a very demanding trust-building task ahead of him if he is to have credibility among politicians with whom he has previously been in conflict, Berit Reiss-Andersen believes.
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