Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Sri Lanka" produced 18 items.
| 1. A voice for times of crisis | September 22, 2011 |
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Thorfinnur Ómarsson's career has taken him from Iceland's arts scene to the centre-stage for one of the world's largest charities. There are not many jobs where you get to... |
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| 2. Sri Lanka hit by trade suspension | July 1, 2010 |
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Colombo rejects EU demands on human rights; suspension could cost country €100m a year. European Union trade preferences for Sri Lanka are to be suspended next month... |
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| 3. EU suspends Sri Lanka trade preferences | February 15, 2010 |
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Human-rights abuses cited as reason for the decision; Sri Lanka argues that the move is unfair. The member states of the European Union decided today to suspend trade... |
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| 4. Trade privileges for Sri Lanka to be suspended | February 11, 2010 |
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Commission says Sri Lanka violates the human-rights provisions of the trade scheme. The European Union is set to suspend trade privileges for Sri Lanka next week after an... | |
| 5. Sri Lanka to face trade restrictions | December 17, 2009 |
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Human-rights concerns could affect trade terms. Trade diplomats from the EU's member states are to discuss tomorrow (18 December) whether to back a recommendation by the... | |
| 6. EU's role in securing Sri Lanka's peace | May 20, 2009 |
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The international community should be asking tough questions of the supposed victors of Sri Lanka's civil war. No one should shed a tear for the collapse of the Tamil Tigers... |
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| 7. Sweden's foreign minister denied visa to Sri Lanka | April 28, 2009 |
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Carl Bildt says trip was planned with French and UK foreign minister who were given visas. Sweden recalls ambassador to Colombo. Carl Bildt, Sweden's foreign minister, has... |
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| 8. EU extends sanctions on Myanmar until 2010 | April 27, 2009 |
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Foreign ministers also discuss situation in Sri Lanka, Moldova, Ukraine. The foreign ministers of the European Union's 27 member states agreed today in Luxembourg to extend... | |
| 9. The powerbroker | May 31, 2007 |
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When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg instituted one of America's most Draconian smoking bans in 2003, nicotine junkies at United Nations headquarters were enraged. Many... | |
| 10. Margot Wallström blogs her way to Sri Lanka | July 14, 2005 |
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What does Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström do all day, apart from write her blog? In theory, her responsibility is for inter-institutional relations (soothing... | |
| 11. Extend tsunami aid time-frame, say MEPs | June 23, 2005 |
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MEPs are urging that the time-frame for spending the €350 million promised in EU aid to countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami should be extended because of... | |
| 12. Origin trade rules ‘make poorest suffer' | February 10, 2005 |
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The European Parliament will call later this month for a simplification of complex trade rules which have worked against clothing exporters from the world's poorest... | |
| 13. 'Trade not aid' best tsunami poverty cure | January 20, 2005 |
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THE European Commission has acknowledged that to bring tangible benefits, it is necessary to rewrite the trade rules applying to the countries affected by the tsunami. Peter... | |
| 14. West must free up trade and lift debt of tsunami victims | January 20, 2005 |
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This week, in the village of Desa Lamah, 50 kilometres from Banda Aceh, local people have just finished building by hand their hundredth house, using wood and debris washed... | |
| 15. Talking to the Tigers | December 18, 2003 |
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Dr Eric Wimalaweera strongly criticizes External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten because he met Tamil Tigers' (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran during his recent visit... | |
| 16. ‘Unconscionable' Patten trip | November 27, 2003 |
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The visit by EU External Relation Commissioner Chris Patten to Sri Lanka yesterday (26 November) to meet international fugitive Velupillai Prabhakaran was unconscionable.... | |
| 17. Kangaroos set for the high jump | June 6, 2002 |
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ramil Wickremesinghe made a big impression with the oddly-named Kangaroo Group when he hopped into Brussels for a recent visit. Welcoming him to... | |
| 18. Plan targets 'push and pull' causes of immigration | September 2, 1999 |
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EU governments are putting the finishing touches to a series of action plans which, for the first time, aim to tackle the 'push and pull' factors which lead to mass influxes... | |
