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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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.
07/05/2010
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AFP
BRUSSELS — The European Union decided Monday to withdraw trade concessions in August granted to Sri Lanka after the government failed to make a written commitment to improve its human rights record.
06/29/2010
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AFP
NEW DELHI — Sri Lanka's president vowed to resist international calls to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country's civil war in an interview published Monday.
06/24/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka Thursday trashed "insulting" EU demands that it make a written undertaking to improve its human rights record in exchange for trade benefits.
06/22/2010
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The Hindu
The European Union (EU) has made a conditional offer to Sri Lanka to extend the GSP+ tariff concessions in garment exports, due to expire on August 15, for a limited additional period.