Balzan Prize awarded to NGO from which country?
Options
1) Switzerland
2)Poland
3)Germany
4)Austria
answer
1) Switzerland
Other details
An international children rights charity based in Switzerland has been awarded the 2018 ‘Balzan Prize’ for humanitarian achievement.
The Balzan Foundation announced that ‘Terre des Hommes‘ will receive 1 million Swiss francs (USD 1 million) for a project in the African nation of Mali.
In 2018, prizes were awarded for social anthropology, global history, chemical ecology and fluid dynamics.
The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavours for peace and the brotherhood of man.
Each year the foundation chooses the fields eligible for the next year's prizes, and determines the prize amount. These are generally announced in May, with the winners announced the September the following year. Since 2001 the prize money has increased to 1 million Swiss Francs per prize, on condition that half the money is used for projects involving young researchers.
The Balzan Prize committee comprises twenty members of the prestigious learned societies of Europe.
Options
1) Switzerland
2)Poland
3)Germany
4)Austria
answer
1) Switzerland
Other details
An international children rights charity based in Switzerland has been awarded the 2018 ‘Balzan Prize’ for humanitarian achievement.
The Balzan Foundation announced that ‘Terre des Hommes‘ will receive 1 million Swiss francs (USD 1 million) for a project in the African nation of Mali.
In 2018, prizes were awarded for social anthropology, global history, chemical ecology and fluid dynamics.
The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavours for peace and the brotherhood of man.
Each year the foundation chooses the fields eligible for the next year's prizes, and determines the prize amount. These are generally announced in May, with the winners announced the September the following year. Since 2001 the prize money has increased to 1 million Swiss Francs per prize, on condition that half the money is used for projects involving young researchers.
The Balzan Prize committee comprises twenty members of the prestigious learned societies of Europe.
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