カテゴリー: Vanuatu
The Tongan prime minister, Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, and the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, after Pacific island leaders agreed to back a regional policing plan that will see…
Anthony Albanese says it is ‘a Pacific-led initiative’ that reflects the desire of neighbours to ‘stand with each other’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPacific island lead…
Beijing says ‘no strings attached’ to the complex unveiled last month amid wider concerns over loans the Pacific country owes to ChinaPerched atop Port Vila, Vanuatu’s seaside capital, sits a gleaming red and white building, gifted to the Pacific count…
Guardian analysis shows web of agreements between Pacific countries and Australia, US and China, as experts raise concerns over rising militarisationAs competition for influence in the Pacific region intensifies, analysis by the Guardian has mapped a v…
Holiday operators say Vanuatu was in post-Covid boom but tourists are ditching plans and resort staff being cut as airline’s future hangs in the air“Everybody is complaining, it’s not good. Don’t book Air Vanuatu.” Those were the words of a taxi driver…
Troubled airline had earlier cancelled flights to Australia and New Zealand, citing ‘maintenance’ requirementsVanuatu has put its national carrier, Air Vanuatu, into voluntary liquidation, after it cancelled flights to Australia and New Zealand, leavin…
Practical ways to minimise your carbon footprint when travelling to Pacific islands without compromising your trip The price of paradise? Read our series on the environmental impact of tourism in the Pacific and how new approaches can make a difference…
New push to attract visitors focuses on environment and culture, as experts call for better monitoring of sustainability pledgesThe resort lies on the fringes of one of the world’s largest barrier reefs. Powered by solar energy, in an effort to reduce …
Washington will look to partner with Pacific media sector, top official tells the Guardian China’s rising power in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsRegional media has emerged as a new front in the contest between the US and China in the Pacific, as W…
Sato Kilman also hits back at reports on his political alignments as western nations grapple with China for influence in PacificVanuatu’s new prime minister says the Pacific island nation will likely need to rethink a security agreement signed with Aus…
Sitiveni Rabuka says island countries must be ‘zone of non-aligned territories’ and hopes big powers will avoid military conflictThe Pacific islands should be a “zone of peace”, Fiji’s prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, has said, adding that he hopes a r…
Week of visits by Emmanuel Macron, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin underlines concerns over Beijing’s growing influenceChina’s rising power in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsFrance’s president, Emmanuel Macron, took off his suit jacket and tie on F…
Some fishers say they lack information and worry about Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater into the seaEvery day fisher Charlie Maleb takes his string lines and his nets out from Wala Island, Vanuatu, into the Pacific Ocean.The 54-year-old dro…
In one pocket of Vanuatu, Prince Philip is a central part of local folklore, and the coronation of his son is a cause for celebration The coronation of King Charles III will take place thousands of kilometres from the Pacific, but in some pockets of th…
Washington, which has ties with the island nation but has been represented by diplomats based in New Guinea, also plans embassies in Kiribati and TongaChina’s influence in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsThe United States plans to open an embassy in…