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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 11 No. 294               

Europe

Hat-trick for young Messi

By: S.H.Moulana

Lionel Messi at just 24 has been judged one of football’s all-time greats for a third year in a row. The Barcelona and Argentina forward received the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2011. Messi is the first ever player in the award’s 21 year history to win three straight FIFA world player awards.

Governor Cabraal calls for OECD to reflect Sri Lanka’s improved conditions in country ratings

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal has called on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to reflect Sri Lanka’s improved conditions in their country ratings.

"Stability of Euro will lead to prosperity of EU’-Herman Van Rompuy

Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European Council, addressing the EPP conference said that the stability of Euro currency will lead to the long term prosperity and security of European union.

Diploma program Buddhist and Pali studies launched in the University of Vienna


The Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka recently launched a diploma programme in Buddhist and Pali studies in Vienna in cooperation with the Department of the Study of Religions of the University of Vienna.

France Expels Hundreds of European Citizens: Bernard Kouchnar Barks Up the Wrong Tree

Rekindling what is left of a Nazi relic; the French government of President Nicolai Sarcozy started expelling hundreds of Roma, known as gypsies, from France yesterday, much to the dismay of most European nations. “The ghost of Hitler and the team started haunting Europe again,” was the sentiment expressed by the modest Europeans across the famous union.

Tourism in Sri Lanka receives a boost in Belgium

Jetair, one of the leading tour operators in Belgium, has introduced Sri Lanka as a new winter destination, and will operate weekly charter flights from Brussels to Colombo commencing October 2010.

Recent Lanka-EU talks, a useful confidence building measure’

Two rounds of talks between the European Union (EU) and the Sri Lanka delegation led by the Attorney General held in Brussels in March and May 2010 has served as a useful confidence building measure, in a relationship which had been affected largely on account of the differing perceptions over the years regarding the ramifications of Sri Lanka’s continued struggle with the LTTE.

Seven LTTE suspects arrested in Netherlands

The Police in Netherland arrested seven Tamil Tiger suspects on Monday, who are suspected of raising funds for Sri Lankan separatist group the Tamil Tigers, a statement said.

Clerical Paedophilia in the Catholic Church – are economic migrants into the priesthood to blame?

Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London…

At the moment, the Catholic Church wants to be seen as an institute, metaphorically speaking, under siege in the wake of serious allegations about sexual abuse of children and the subsequent systematic cover-up, both in America and Europe.

Delegation of Senior Sri Lankan Officials in Brussels to Renegotiate GSP Plus Facilities

A delegation of senior officials of the Government of Sri Lanka is in Brussels to renegotiate the GSP Plus facilities to Sri Lanka.

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