The International Women’s Day was celebrated on 8th March 2010 by the Sri Lankan Embassy Seva Vanitha Unit (Women’s Association) with a programme dedicated to women. It is recalled that the Embassy Women’s Association celebrated this day for the first time on 8th March 2009.
Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) in association with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Vienna organized an Export Promotion Mission to the Central Europe covering Austria, Croatia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic from 15th to 20th February 2010. The objective of the mission was to explore market opportunities for Sri Lankan exporters in emerging Central European countries and further strengthen trade relations with this region.
The Sri Lanka Embassy and Permanent Mission in Vienna held an official ceremony to celebrate the 62nd Independence Day of Sri Lanka on Thursday, 4th February 2010, morning at the Sri Lanka Mission for the Sri Lanka community in Vienna.
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) in association with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Austria, and representatives from ten (10) Sri Lankan Tourism and Travel companies took part at the “Ferien Messe-2010”, the International Fair for Holidays, Travel and Leisure in Vienna from 14-17 January 2010.
The Sri Lanka Embassy in Brussels in collaboration with Sri Lanka Tourism is holding a week long promotion of Sri Lanka in Brussels this week, a programme intended to be replicated in other European capitals. Centered on Sri Lanka's participation as the host country at the BELASIA annual travel fair which projects over 25 Asian countries as a tourist destinations, it included tourism and travel promotion, a Sri Lanka Food festival, performances by a Sri Lankan dance troupe and Sri Lankan lace, masks, handicrafts and gem displays.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in France initiated a project to promote Sinhala and Tamil languages among children of the Sri Lankan community residing in France with a view to promoting the Sinhala and Tamil cultures.
The 62nd Anniversary of the Independence of Sri Lanka celebration was held at the Wheaton, Md. High School Auditorium on February 13, 2010.The highlight of the program, as the audience had anticipated, was a spectacular performance by internationally renowned Channa Upuli, the leading dance group in Sri Lanka. The dancers provided more than two hours of traditional and modern renditions, often accompanied by a lone drummer.
