Fourth parliamentary session of the 14th TPiE begins: updated
Parliamentary delegations from United Kingdom, Trentino Region in South Tyrol and PieMonte in Turin, Italy are to join the Tibetan Parliamentary session on separate occasions in coming days. Among other issues, the members are expected
Tibet: A New Direction?
More than two months have passed since the conclusion of the much-anticipated sixth round of talks between representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government. The only clue as to the outcome of these talks
Tibetan Football uniform honored
The red and blue uniform of the Tibetan National Football Association has been honored and displayed alongside football uniforms of Nepal and top football clubs of the country at the Museum
Himalaya in Paris
This weekend saw one of the biggest gathering of Tibet and the Himalayas enthusiast in Paris for the 8th Festival of Tibetan and Himalayan Culture at the picturesque Bois de Vincennes.
Dalai Lama supporters in NZ calls Helen Clark a coward
Supporters of the Dalai Lama in New Zealand say his meeting with the German Chancellor in Berlin has shown our Prime Minister up as a coward.
Dalai Lama meets Angela Merkel of Germany
Angela Merkel with the Dalai Lama in Berlin on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Despite China’s protest, Chancellor Merkel of Germany met with the exiled Tibetan leader at the Chancellery, making it the first historic visit of its kind. Merkel’s meeting with the Dalai Lama was reportedly praised by some senior officials in her party and from the opposition. A fellow conservative of Merkel’s, Roland Koch, the premier of Hesse state who has forged a friendship with the Dalai Lama over 25 years and who met him over the weekend, said Merkel was right not to cave in to Chinese pressure. “We Germans can be happy and proud that human rights issues mean so much to Angela Merkel and that she talks straight and acts accordingly,” Koch said in an interview with the newspaper Bild am Sonntag. (Pool photo by Markus Schreiber/ International Herald Tribune)
Germany’s Merkel Meets Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama, who had met Merkel when she was opposition leader, then walked to the chancellery gate, greeting a crowd of supporters and onlookers. He said, “she kept old friendships, so (I’m) very happy.”
4th annual multicultural festival attracts hundreds
The Tibetan Culture Center promoted the upcoming October visit and lecture of the Dalai Lama. La Casa Latino Culture Center, Tibetan Culture Center and CUBAmistad, set up booths and displays for the attendees.
Merkel meets Dalai Lama despite Chinese protests
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met the Dalai Lama despite opposition from Beijing and concerns among German industry that the talks could harm trade ties with China.