A humble ceremony was held on 22 June to celebrate the 50th anniversary of arrival of first Tibetan batch of students to France. The event jointly organized by the Bureau du Tibet, Paris and the Tibet Group in the Senate (French upper house) was held at the Senate’s Salon de la Questure. The (...)
Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald 26 June: Any political leader feeling unhappy with his, or her, lot might consider the situation of Lobsang Sangay. He is the Prime Minister of a government that doesn’t exist, representing a land he has never visited. And it’s an understatement to say he has (...)
Press Release: Flame of Truth Relay(6 July to 10 December 2012) Due to grave and worsening situation in Tibet, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) has decided to carry out a number of activities as discussed during its closed door meeting held on 22 March 2012. Accordingly on 27 March, the (...)
CANBERRA: Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay has arrived in Australia’s national capital, Canberra, for the second leg of his inaugural Australian visit.Members of the local Tibetan Community greeted Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay at the Canberra airport. Kalon Tripa’s first formal engagement was an (...)
SHIMLA: Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Khenpo Sonam Tenphel along with Member of Tibetan Parliament, Kelsang Gyaltsen and Shimla Settlement officer, Tsering Tashi expressed their greetings to Mr Raja Virbhadra Singh on his 78th birthday and 50th anniversary of political (...)
Matera, 25th June 2012: His Holiness the Dalai Lama is in Matera at the invitation of his friend and fellow Nobel Peace Laureate, Betty Williams, to support her work here to create a City of Peace, a place where refugees from war, hunger or social, economic, or political upheaval can be (...)
By Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald THE number of Tibetans living under Chinese rule who have staged the ultimate protest – burning themselves to death in public – is accelerating, with almost three times as many in the first six months of this year as in all of last year. The Chinese call (...)
(ABC) MELBOURNE: The Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile is in Melbourne, and he will use his first official Australian visit to seek support for his plan for a peaceful resolution to the Tibetan crisis. Lobsang Sangay was elected as leader of the Central Tibetan Administration (...)
BEIJING: China will develop Tibet’s spectacular waku doki Nyingchi prefecture, located close to Arunachal Pradesh border, into a major tourist hub with an investment of USD 63.5 million which included construction of 22 ‘well-off model villages’. More than 400 million yuan (USD 63.5 million) has (...)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is escorted through earthquake affected areas of Mirandola, Italy, on 24 June 2012/Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL MATERA, Italy: Under a damp, grey sky His Holiness was given a warm send off from Inverness early this morning, and then flew across the Channel, across (...)