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Latest news from the Embassy in Sri Lanka

16.07.2019 Article

Providing secure shelter from the elements and neat facilities to low income families

Aide in an economically weak region shaken by 30 years of war and the Tsunami.

4 people infront of flags holding
16.07.2019 Article

Empowering women of Kahagala South / Matara District

Creating financial independency for the families by using their land to cultivate income-generating agricultural products.

4 persons infornt of flags holding a contract
16.07.2019 Article

Translation of disarmamant treaties into Sinhala and Tamil

Increasing awareness among the general public and the media on the importance of nuclear disarmament.

3 men infront of flags holding a cheque
10.07.2019 Article

Empowering women with low income obtain a sustainable livelyhood

Training women from families in Kallady village in hygenic and sustainable food production.

4 people in front of flags in an office handing over a document
17.06.2019 Article

Skills training for vulnerable women and girls in Trincomalee District

Helping women with disabilities, young girls, such as school leavers, and other vulnerable women securing their livelyhoods.

4 people holding at decorative cheque
28.06.2019 Article

Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on reports concerning the announcement of executions in Sri Lanka

Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office concerned by reports that President Sirisena has publically announced that four death sentences are to be carried out.

Bärbel Kofler
21.06.2019 Article

Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Response to Easter Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka

Aiding families of the Easter Sunday attack victims

2 persons sitting at a desk signing the contrac, 2 persons onlooking
19.06.2019 Article

Girls football tournament and training session

6 girls football teams competed and around a dozen trainers received specialised training over the last weekend on the football field in Beddagana.

All participating teams sitting on the ground, trainers and other adults standing behind them on the football field
16.05.2019 Article

Joint Statement on the recent incidents of communal violence

The Delegation of the European Union (EU) issues the following statement in agreement with the Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Romania and the UK High Commission, as well as the…

EU-Flag
15.03.2019 Article

New Maldivian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany

Ambassador Ahmed Latheef handed over his letter of accreditation.

Accreditation of Maldivian Ambassador Ahmed Latheef
26.02.2019 Article

Colomboscope with Blue Resources Trust

As part of the art festival “Colomboscope”, the German Embassy in cooperation with Blue Resources Trust, has financed and supported various projects dealing with maritime space and the consequences of…

Blue Resources Trust presenting on Reefs and Rays: Past, present and future
13.02.2019 Article

New Honorary Consul for Germany in the Maldives

Sanjay I. Maniku yesterday was declared new Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Male. He was handed over the official document  (“exequatur”) which permits him to exercise this…

New Honorary Consul in the Republic of Maldives
11.02.2019 Article

25 years of Lanka Coco Products – A German-Sri-Lankan success story

There is little that is so omnipresent in Sri Lanka as coconut palms. So what else could be more suitable than using these natural resources to produce high-quality, timeless and sustainable products…

Lanka Coco Products
11.02.2019 Article

The Climate Change Fund of the German Embassy - Call for application

After having funded globally around 100 well-chosen projects in 2018, which focus on climate change, environmental issues and waste reduction, the German government again will support climate-related projects in 2019.

2019 saw progress in the fight against climate change.
22.01.2019 Article

Amesh Wijesekera at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Sri-Lankan designer Amesh Wijesekera opens the Berlin Fashion Week.

Amesh Wijesekera
19.12.2018 Article

Good Neighbors Sri Lanka (GNSL) in Kebithigollewa

Improving the water quality of communities in the fight agains the chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu).

Good Neighbors Sri Lanka (GNSL) in Kebithigollewa
12.12.2018 Article

Ambassador Rohde on a visit to a Micro Project in Rajanganaya

Rajarata Janasahana Foundation2 Although Sri Lanka can record a significant economic growth since the end of the conflict in 2009, this growth is not evenly distributed over the country. Nearly 90% of…

Ambassador Rohde visiting the Rajarata Janasahana Foundation
12.12.2018 Article

Pianotainment in Colombo – Two concerts in one day!

Pianotainment2On November 25th 2018 two fast and funny multi media piano shows were organized by the German Embassy. The duo “Pianotainment” brought to the stage an entertaining show with both…

Pianotainment in action
07.12.2018 Article

Maliyadeva Balika Maha Vidyalaya in Kurunegala is the fifth PASCH School in Sri Lanka

On November 25th 2018 Maliyadeva Balika Maha Vidyalaya was officially welcomed as the 5th School in Sri Lanka to the PASCH Network of Schools teaching German.

Official Inauguration of the new class rooms
25.10.2018 Article

Education For All

Creating a Safe and Protected Environment for Children Living in the Slums of Colombo
Integrate children from sulmus in Colombo into the school system and enable them to obtain a school leaving certificate - A Human Rights Project of the Embassy

Female participants at the lecture listening to the staff members of the Humanitarian Foundation
01.06.2018 Article

Right to women's political representation in Sri Lanka

On 28th May 2018 the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (Asia Committee) – IMADR-AC held their final gathering to mark the successfully implemented Federal Foreign…

IMADR
29.03.2018 Article

Inauguration of Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka

The Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka was inaugurated officially on 27th of March in Colombo. In presence of 160 high-ranking guests of business and politics German Ambassador…

Opening of a Delegation Office of German Industry and Commerce

Federal Foreign Office news

22.07.2019 Article

Migration across the Mediterranean – why we now need a coalition of the willing

The challenges of displacement and migration are complex and require solutions at various levels. However, a rapid and pragmatic answer is urgently needed as regards the distribution of people rescued at sea. Germany is willing to do its part.

Refugees being rescued from drowning.
20.07.2019 Article

Ambassador of the resistance: Adam von Trott zu Solz

On the 75th anniversary of the assassination attempt of 20 July 1944, we are remembering the men and women who demonstrated how a different Germany could have been. One of them was the diplomat Adam von Trott zu Solz. His example is an inspiration to this very day.

Adam Trott zu Solz, portrait – around 1944
19.07.2019 Article

European cooperation: “Vaso di Fiori” returned to the Uffizi Gallery

Stolen by the National Socialists during the Second World War, Jan van Huysum’s painting “Vaso di Fiori” is now being returned to Italy. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is bringing it to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence today.

View of the Arno river

Federal Foreign Office press releases

  1. 22.07.2019 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on the death of IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano

  2. 20.07.2019 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on the detention of two commercial vessels in the Gulf

  3. 20.07.2019 Press release

    Statement by the Human Rights Commissioner on the 20th anniversary of the start of persecution of Falun Gong

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