[Source: dalailama.com] New Delhi, India, 6 December 2013 – After a tortuous drive through the Delhi traffic this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Vasant Valley School in the south of the city. It is a school that makes a priority of academic achievement within a community of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Mr. Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, is visiting the US from 6-17 December. He will meet officials and address Tibetans during the upcoming 24th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama being awarded the Nobel Peace prize (Human Right Day) on 10 (...)
Press Release December 6, 2013 In 2007 during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed to help resettle Tibetans from the north Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh to Canada. Through the consistent efforts of then Minister for Citizenship and Immigration (...)
By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, Dec 6 (IANS) Two years ago, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama called off a trip to South Africa as it was “inconvenient” for that country’s government to grant him a visa and missed a chance to meet Nelson Mandela again. After cancelling his trip in October 2011, the (...)
Job Vacancy for the post of Executive Director The company`s overall objective: A sustainable company producing Fair Trade Tibetan carpets for the local and the export market. Provide quality service to small producer organizations in order to help them export their handicrafts. The new (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today expressed their heartfelt condolences to Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa and Mrs. Graca Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela at Nelson Mandela’s demise on Thursday. “We are deeply saddened at the demise of Mr. Nelson Mandela. He was not only a (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Describing Nelson Mandela as an icon of peace, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay said his struggle for justice gave hope to humanity in general and particularly to Tibetans, that justice do prevail in the end. “On behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration, I would like to express my (...)
New Delhi, India, 6 December 2013 – In a letter to the family of Nelson Mandela, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his deep sadness on learning of the passing away of Nelson Mandela. His Holiness wrote: “In his death the world has lost a great leader, whose steadfast and unflinching (...)
South Tyrol, 5 December: Fours Kalon of the Central Tibetan Administration today met with President Luis Durnwalder of South Tyrol and President Ugo Rossi of Trento at the end of their stay in South Tyrol. The senior Tibetan officials also met with President Dr. Martha Stocker of the Provincial (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Dicki Chhoyang of the Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, today testified before the Italian Senate’s Extraordinary Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights. Kalon Dicki Chhoyang requested the Italian Senate (...)