May 24th 2012 Udine, Italy, 23 May 2012 – In a letter to the Prime Minister of Italy, His Excellency Mario Monti, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his sadness and concern about the loss of lives and damage to property caused by the recent earthquake that rocked areas nearby Bologna. His (...)
May 24th 2012 Huy, Belgium, 23 May 2012 – Before leaving his hotel for the teaching venue in Udine, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave an interview to Dr Sandro Petrone of the Italian television channel RAI. Asked, in the context of an earthquake in Bologna a couple of days ago, what advice he (...)
Salzburg, Austria, 22 May: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will make one and half days visit to Udine, Italy this morning. During the visit His Holiness will address three public events. This morning His Holiness will speak on The role of religions in promoting justice, peace, and the protection of (...)
Kalon Tripa’s Visit to Tso Pema Tibetan Settlement 21 May: Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay visited Tso Pema settlement as part of his official tour to the various Tibetan settlements under the Mandi district jurisdiction. In his address to the people, Kalon Tripa assured the audience that the 14th (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibet Museum of Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, has released its 2nd edition (revised) of its pictorial book titled ‘Tibet’s – Journey in Exile’ with updated information. This pictorial book was first published in 2008 and (...)
By RODERICK MacFARQUHARThe New York Times | OpEd article May 20, 2012 IN the heyday of the Soviet era, Communist leaders were described by the dissident Yugoslav theorist Milovan Djilas as the “New Class,” whose power lay not in ownership of wealth but in control of it: all the property of (...)
Panelists Rabbi Mag Schlomo Hofmeister, Mag. Liuse Mueller, Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Dr Fuat Sanac during an inter-faith dialogue on Harmony in Diversity in Salzburg, Austria, on 21 May 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL 21 May 2012, Salzburg As the sun caught (...)
BRUSSELS: On his 15-day-tour of Europe in May 2012, His Holiness the Dalai Lama is also paying a brief visit to Yeuntenling Institute, a Tibetan Buddhist center in Huy, Belgium. His Holiness will arrive at Yeuntenling in the afternoon of 23 May and will depart from there in the morning of 25 (...)
Deputy Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel with Mark H. Luttrell, JR, Mayor of Shelby County Government, in Memphis, Tennessee DHARAMSHALA: After attending the 6th World Parliamentarians’ Conference on Tibet in Ottawa last month, the Tibetan Parliament in Exile’s deputy speaker visited US and met (...)
By William Wan, Sunday, May 20, (Washington Post) The decision that would launch one of the most intense and improbable negotiations in the history of U.S.-China relations was made in the space of hours — and it was sparked by a series of phone calls to the American Embassy. Chen Guangcheng, the (...)