Dalai Lama
Barack Obama meets with the Tibetan separatist, Dalai Lama XIV, in spite of China's anger
July 17, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Despite all the requests, appeals, protests and outrages from Beijing the U.S. president Barack Obama met Dalai Lama XIV, Tibet’s spiritual leader, in the White House. The Chinese authorities have...
Lobsang Sangay elected Tibetan exile leader
April 27, 2011A Harvard University academic has been elected prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile and will take on the political role previously played by the Dalai Lama. Lobsang Sangay won 55% of the votes cast by Tibetans around the world. He defeated...
Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama to devolve political role
March 10, 2011Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has announced a long-awaited plan to devolve his political responsibilities to an elected figure. The Dalai Lama said he would begin the formal process of stepping down at a meeting of the Tibetan parliament...
Vaclav Havel on U.S. relations with Central Europe
October 21, 2009As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travels through Central Europe, Vaclav Havel was up front in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL about what he expects to hear when Biden visits Prague on Friday - a clear vision of American foreign policy in the region...
Obama’s Decision to Be ‘the Anti-Bush’ Won’t Help Russia
September 18, 2009By Paul Goble Russian officials and mainstream media outlets are celebrating the decision of US President Barack Obama not to place missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic for now as a victory for Russia, but some Moscow commentators...
China fights Dalai Lama's naming successor
November 23, 2007The Chinese government said it was opposed to any effort by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to name a successor, Xinhua reported. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao, responding to the Dalai Lama's recent reported comments...