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Vanuatu PM Kalsakau warns of future cyber attacks
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says a risk of future cyber-attacks on the Government network remains.Last month, the entire government network went down following a coordinated cyber...
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Vanuatu backs New Caledonia plan for expanded air connections
Acting Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has confirmed his Government's support for a Congress of New Caledonia plan for airlinks between Lifou Island in New Caledonia to Tanna, Port Vila and...
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PTI NZ Partners with Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce to deliver Photography...
Pacific Trade Invest New Zealand partnered with the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and renowned international travel and commercial photographer David Kirkland to deliver a Photography Masterclass...
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Australian ministers on bipartisan visit to Vanuatu
An Australian Government delegation will travel to Vanuatu this week on the first bipartisan visit to Pacific island countries since 2019.The visit was confirmed in a joint statement by Pat Conroy MP,...
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Penny Wong takes political foes on Pacific trip
Foreign Minister Penny Wong will lead a bipartisan sweep through the Pacific, with shadow ministers joining her and Pacific Minister Pat Conroy on a three-country visit this week.Fulfilling an election...
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Tiny Vanuatu Uses Its ‘Unimportance’ to Launch Big Climate Ideas
Nikenike Vurobaravu presides over a tiny country with a large hand in climate diplomacy.Rising sea levels threaten the very existence of his Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu and its population of just...
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Australia a 'close security partner' for region -Vanuatu minister
Australia is a close security and humanitarian partner for Vanuatu and the Pacific island's new government has not held security discussions with China, Vanuatu's foreign minister said on...
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Vanuatu seeks to save its biodiversity
Vanuatu's environmental minister Ralph Regenvanu says more work needs to be done to tackle invasive species and sustain Vanuatu's natural habitats.He said species are declining in numbers due to...
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Australia signs security pact with Vanuatu
Australia signed a security pact with the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, with Canberra seeking to cement its place in the region against rising Chinese influence.Australian Foreign...
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Vanuatu chief wants Australia to do more for seasonal workers
The President of Vanuatu's Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs has told Australia's foreign minister, Penny Wong, Melanesian custom must be preserved in the Seasonal Worker Programme.Chief Willy Grey Plasua...
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Australian Foreign Minister lauds Malapoa Mangrove Restoration Project
Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Wong has commended Vanuatu for the Malapoa Mangrove Restoration Project on the Malapoa coast and Ifira island.Wong said the project demonstrates the...
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EU gives extra month to Vanuatu to deal with visa issues
The European Union has given the Vanuatu Government more time to sort out issues which had prompted the suspension of visa free travel into EU countries.They have until March 3 next year to satisfy EU...
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Vanuatu patrol named after iconic bird
Vanuatu's Patrol boat, RVS Mataweli, has been named after an endemic bird species found in the mountains of Santo Island that almost became extinct in the 20th century.According to the Assistant...
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Separation of Fiji and Vanuatu tied to Samoan seamounts
The islands of Fiji and Vanuatu rise from the tropical waters of the South Pacific in one of the most tectonically active and geologically complex regions of the world. A new study of volcanism in this...
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Vanuatu minister orders reinstatement of councilors
Vanuatu's new Minister of Internal Affairs, Christophe Emelee, has ordered the newly elected Mayor of Port Vila Municipal Council, Steve Kiel, to immediately reinstate three suspended councillors.The...
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France re-sets its relationship with Vanuatu
France is working to establish stronger diplomatic bonds with Vanuatu as part of its Indo-Pacific strategy. France's new Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, said Vanuatu is at the...
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Dangerous Vanuatu prisoner escapes
A rapist and another inmate have escaped prison in Vanuatu.The Director of correctional services, Johnny Marango, says the inmates escaped in the early hours of the morning (2-3 am) by pulling decrepit...
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New MOU to strengthen child protection in Vanuatu
Vanuatu’s Ministry of Justice and Community Services (MoJCS) and Save the Children are supporting the rollout of the National Protection Response Pathway to strengthen Child Protection System in the...
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Vanuatu snap election rated as one of top pacific stories in 2022
A surprise, controversial snap election was called in Vanuatu.The election was triggered after the dissolution of the country's parliament on August 19, by President Nikenike Vurobaravu, and on the eve...
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Quake strikes Vanuatu
A magnitude-6 earthquake has struck south of Vanuatu, but no tsunami warnings have been issued.The US Geological Survey gave the quake a green alert rating, meaning there is a low likelihood of...
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