Tag: European Union
ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders ‘wake up call’ for NZ,...
Asia Pacific Report
A national New Zealand solidarity movement for Palestine has welcomed the International Criminal Court's move to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime...
Pacific journalists are world’s ‘eyes and ears’ on climate crisis, says...
By Kaneta Naimatu in Suva
Journalists in the Pacific region play an important role as the “eyes and ears on the ground” when it comes...
Wenda calls on Euro politicians to sign Brussels Declaration on West...
Asia Pacific Report
A leading West Papuan advocate has welcomed this week's launch of the Brussels Declaration in the European Parliament, calling on MPs to...
Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for...
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, as leaders concluded the biggest diplomatic regional meeting...
New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal
By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor, and Katie Scotcher, political reporter, in Brussels
New Zealand and the European Union have struck an historic free...
Switzerland bans most Vanuatu visa free entry over ‘golden threat’
RNZ Pacific
Switzerland will not allow visa-free entry for Vanuatu citizens whose passports were issued on or after May 25, 2015.
The ban will stay in...
Kanak pro-independence parties urge supporters to boycott French election
RNZ Pacific
Several pro-independence parties in New Caledonia are urging supporters to boycott the second round of the French presidential elections this Sunday.
The election pits...
‘We don’t do Russians,’ says Fiji health minister over super yacht...
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
“We don’t do Russians.” This was the response from Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete when asked about the...
European Union gives PNG K21m boost for anti-corruption project
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby
Anti-corruption efforts in Papua New Guinea have received a major boost of €5.4 million (about K21.7 million) in funding...
Investments minister ‘rules out’ more palm oil plantations in Papua
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
A top Indonesian official has declared a halt to new oil palm plantations in the country’s heavily forested West...
Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic
By Anya Imandin
The right answer to the wrong question over the Brexit referendum is still the wrong answer, says an Auckland University of Technology...
24 Pacific students gain special climate change resilience training
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Twenty four students attended face-to-face training sessions in Suva last week as the final step of an intensive 16-week training programme...
€4.5m plan to build El Niño resilience in FSM, Marshall Islands...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The European Union and the Pacific Community have signed an agreement to build resilience to future El Niño-related droughts in the...
Climate change key focus of EU ‘case for the Pacific’ roundtable
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Climate change is the central focus of the European Union’s continuing relationship with the Pacific, says the international cooperation chief.
Stefano...
Solomon Islands success over EU tuna fisheries market access earns praise
News of the return to green card status for Solomon Islands tuna into the European Union market provides much-deserved cause for celebration, says the...
Estonia’s high price of energy independence – ‘we have lost our...
Estonia may lie a continent and an ocean away from the two biggest polluters in the world – China and the United States –...