05/07/2011
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TransCurrents
The European Parliament, which represents 27 countries, is to debate on Thursday what it calls violations of human rights and humanitarian laws in Sri Lanka.
02/25/2011
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TamilNet
The parents and relatives of abducted and ‘missing’ youth in Jaffna were thoroughly disappointed, as the visiting European Union team could not find time to meet their representatives or receive petitions from them. They were further frustrated by the act of the team choosing to meet on Thursday the SL colonial governor in Jaffna Maj. Gen. Chandrasri, who is accused of many abductions and disappearances when he was commanding the SL military in Jaffna. The EU team that showed much keenness in its ‘aid’ related investments and in knowing the ways the SL colonial administration functions in Jaffna, by its gesture, signals assent to the SL military rule of Eezham Tamils, civil groups said. Conceding synthesis of occupying military and civil service, a high official in Jaffna told the team that the military are also ‘government servants’.
02/25/2011
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Lanka Business Online
Feb 25, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has told the European Union it does not want to renew a trade deal that was withdrawn over EU concerns about human rights abuses in the island's ethnic war, a visiting EU lawmaker said.
02/24/2011
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All Headline News
Following a comprehensive review of all listed terrorist groups, the European Union on Wednesday re-listed Sri Lanka’s rebel group Tamil Tigers as a terrorist outfit.
11/22/2010
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Fibre2Fashion
The Sri Lanka Garment Buying Officers Association (SLGBOA) recently revealed that, since the country lost its GSP plus concession facility earlier this year, a steady fall has been witnessed in its apparel shipments to the US and EU.
07/11/2010
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Sunday Times
The Government yesterday expressed its willingness to consider constructive proposals by the European Union in connection with the GSP Plus issue after it initially rejected the 15 conditions handed down by Brussels on June 17, a Foreign Ministry official said following extensive talks on Friday with EU officials led by Mission Chief Bernard Savage.
07/09/2010
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Bloomberg
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rates for the first time in eight months to support economic growth after the European Union withdrew trade concessions this week.
07/09/2010
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BBC Sinhala
Sri Lanka’s former President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunga, has denied accusations that she influenced the European Union to withdraw the special trade concessions to Sri Lanka.
07/06/2010
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New York Times
MUMBAI — The European Union is suspending preferential treatment for Sri Lankan imports because it says the government has not committed to resolving human rights complaints.
07/05/2010
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Examiner.com
Sri Lanka has failed to implement UN human rights conventions and gets punished by the European Union from next month, the EU announced on Monday.