LUXEMBOURG THE PLACE OF jurisdiction for Facebook in Europe is usually the company’s headquarters – and that is Ireland. In one case, however, authorities in Belgium are also allowed to take action against the social network, the ECJ ruled. National data protection authorities can take action against violations by companies in exceptional cases, even if…
At least 13 prisoners have been killed in Sri Lanka’s largest prison in Colombo, the capital. To the chagrin of the police, detainees managed to take control of part of the penitentiary center and to take staff members hostage. Some prisoners were armed. The soldiers were called in as reinforcements.
In Sri Lanka, the death toll has been revised downwards. At least 27 people were killed in the accidental explosion of several shipments of ammunition. For security reasons, the explosives were stored in a police station. They jumped out as the police handed them over to Chinese contractors. The builders wanted to use the charges…
While the outgoing president Mahinda Rajapakse is given as reelected by the electoral commission the hotel of his adversary the ex-chief of the armies is surrounded by the soldiers. The latter rejects the result of the ballot. Sarath Fonseka has requested the protection of a foreign country to ensure its safety in the face of…
In the heart of Sri Lanka, a paradigm shift is unfolding as savvy businesses transition from the familiarity of traditional marketing to the burgeoning realm of digital landscapes. The challenge, yet the essence of growth, lies in harmoniously blending time-honored methods like print ads and TV commercials with the dynamic world of digital marketing strategies….
Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya was prevented from reaching the perch for nearly an hour by a group of MPs and was only able to access it under the protection of unarmed police and parliamentary assistants. They then had to protect him from throwing books and office supplies thrown by supporters of Mahinda Rajapakse, a…
Floods in Sri Lanka have left at least eight people dead, according to authorities, who have deployed relief efforts to try to help victims in six districts. They also fear landslides. Some 38,000 people have been affected by these floods. The month of May marks the onset of the monsoon in southern Sri Lanka.
A “historic victory for the nation”… These are the words of the president of Sri Lanka, whose army today seized the city of Kilinochchi, political capital of the rebels of the Tamil Tigers. Last September, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations present in Kilinocchi had to withdraw under pressure from the Sri Lankan state, as a…
The North Food Bank finally found its Facebook page on the night of Wednesday 5 to Thursday 6 May, while it had been deactivated since mid-March. The social network admitted that it was an error and that this page corresponded “to the standards of the community”. The 900 people subscribed to the Facebook page of…
“WhatsApp is not abandoning support for older iPhones. It’s fake news.” The Wabetainfo blog, which always provides information on news related to WhatsApp, denies the rumors relating to a disengagement of the messaging app against the generically “older” iPhone models. On its website, WhatsApp specifies that the application “for iPhone requires iOS 9 or later….
The Internet giant Microsoft Windows has made a big change for users: The 25-year-old web browser, Internet Explorer, is being taken offline for good. Seattle / USA – Most people know it and have used it in the past: Internet Explorer. However, there is bad news for anyone who still uses the web browser. Microsoft…
In this small country of 20 million inhabitants, the defense budget reaches 4% of the GDP . This is to say the weight of the civil war on the economy of Sri Lanka. A war officially started in 1983 even if the first violence dates back to 1972. It left 70,000 dead, weighed heavily on…
Stuttgart – It sounds harmless: a friend apparently inadvertently sends a six-digit code via SMS and asks the recipient to forward the number combination to him or her via WhatsApp. But behind it there is a smart fraud, as reported by the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office. Because if the recipient forwards the code…
Because “it’s hard to trust what you don’t understand,” Instagram decided to communicate the four things the system analyzes to decide which posts to show its users first. These “signals” concern in particular the history of interactions and likes, information linked to a post or the profile of its author. Instagram has partially lifted the…
Life is gradually resuming its rights in places of worship in Sri Lanka. The services are celebrated again, for the first time since the attacks of Easter Sunday which mourned Sri Lanka. Around churches, security measures have been tightened. “As Christians, we do not respond to terrorism with terrorism”, explains a faithful. “We must forgive…
The landscape of financial services in Sri Lanka receives another significant enhancement, as ComBank proudly announces the grand opening of its newly constructed branch in Kegalle. This latest expansion by ComBank is more than a mere addition of a new location; it’s a testament to the bank’s unwavering commitment to bring advanced banking services and…
New record of the floods in Sri Lanka: the authorities now speak of more than 100 dead. This toll could increase further because several dozen people are still missing. The archipelago is faced with heavy monsoon rains which cause flooding and landslides. It is the western and southern regions that are most affected. Soldiers were…
A symbolic gesture in Sri Lanka. President Mahinda Rajapakse has declared a ceasefire of at least 48 hours with the rebellion on the occasion of the Tamil New Year celebrations which begin tomorrow. In 2002, a similar truce was quickly shattered. This announcement comes as the government army has been trying for several months to…
Sri Lanka ends 37 years of civil war but the international community is concerned about the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the conflict. President Rajapakse congratulated himself on killing the last 300 rebels on Monday. Among the victims, the supreme leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Vellupilai Prabhakan. These diehards were holed up in…
The electoral campaign was peppered with violence. At the end of July, the attack on a meeting of the National Union Party, a member of the government coalition, left two dead and 12 injured. 63,000 police officers were therefore mobilized on Monday for these legislative elections which oppose two major political figures of the country….