The Nobel Foundation that administers the prestigious awards has reversed its invitation policy and invited Russia, Belarus and Iran, as well as the leader of a far-right Swedish party, who had previously been banned.
Vidar Helgesen, the executive director of the private foundation, said in a statement that there was a global trend in which “dialogue between those with differing views is being reduced.”
To counter that, he said, “we are now broadening our invitations to celebrate and understand the Nobel Prize and the importance of free science, free culture and free, peaceful societies.”
The foundation said that the invitation for the 2023 events
