Pacific Island states navigate Covid upheaval to be heard at COP26
For Xavier Matsutaro, getting to the Scottish city of Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference will be one of the longest journeys of his...
United Kingdom pushing for ambitious Climate deal to support the Pacific
In just 22 days the City of Glasgow will welcome leaders from around the world together with Government officials, civil society, business leaders and...
Vanuatu bids for 2027 Pacific Games host
Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has sent a bid to the Pacific Games Association for their vote of confidence in Vanuatu to host the...
ONOC President celebrates Tokyo 2020 achievements at General Assembly
The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) held a General Assembly online Saturday, highlighting successes from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and celebrating the organisation's 40th...
Fiji Airways returns to the skies on 1st December 2021
Fiji Airways has announced a return to commercial flying for fully vaccinated international travellers from 01 December 2021.
The airline is scheduled a number of...
Ministers nut-out shared security threats at South Pacific Defence meeting
Australia’s defence minister, Peter Dutton, has chaired a meeting with his counterparts from Chile, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga with...
Lecornu insists on December date for New Caledonia referendum
The French overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu is adamant that New Caledonia's independence referendum should go ahead on 12 December.
The minister, who is in quarantine...
Fiji’s International border to re-open next month
Fiji’s international border will re-open to its travel partner countries from 11 November, 2021.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama while announcing the easing of COVID restrictions...
Vaccine passports expected by December: Fiji AG
The Fiji Government aims to make vaccine passports available to Fijians by early December.
This has been confirmed by Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum who said...
PNG and Fiji were both facing COVID catastrophes. Why has one vaccine rollout surged and the other stalled?
By Ian Kemish
Things were looking very bad three months ago for both Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The two Pacific countries were each...
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Forum faces packed agenda and partner pressure in Palau
By Nic Maclellan in Koror, Palau
Over the weekend, Pacific leaders started to arrive in Koror, Republic of Palau, for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum.
For...
Pacific pushes for special Climate finance window ahead of COP31
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Pacific Island countries are pushing for concrete action on climate finance, keeping the 1.5-degree target within reach and strengthening...
Civil Society demands permanent seat at Pacific decision-making table
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Pacific civil society organisations are demanding their participation in regional decision-making be formally institutionalised, saying they should no longer...