(MENAFN) Australia has committed to a US$1.6 billion payment over the next 30 years to relocate hundreds of migrants to the remote Pacific island of Nauru, according to government officials who disclosed financial details of a previously...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A stateless person has become a Nauruan citizen under an innovative citizenship program that helps fund economic and climate resilience. The Kuwaiti national’s citizenship granted through...
In a landmark move to safeguard its cultural and natural heritage, Nauru held its first national consultation meeting on the World Heritage Convention with the support of UNESCO. A dynamic interactive session on 23 May 2025 brought together...
In an extraordinary display of goodwill and international friendship, representatives from the village of Vaiala in the Vaimauga district, Samoa, will travel to Nauru on January 29,2025, to attend the country’s Independence Day celebrations on...
On 22 July 2024, the Republic of Nauru officially deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972), with the UNESCO Director-General Ms Audrey Azoulay. With this...
08 October 2024, Sydney, Australia - The critical role of Indigenous peoples in addressing the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution was recognised at the inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit (GNPS)...
Background Gender issues vary across the Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) because of various intersecting factors such as levels of economic development; social, cultural, and gender norms; population size and migration trends; as well...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (6 June 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Nauru have signed a $5 million policy-based grant agreement to help assist Nauru introduce a gender-responsive fiscal sustainability approach aimed at...
JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA HAWAI‘I ANNOUNCES READINESS TO HOST 13TH FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS & CULTURE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2024 HONOLULU — Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Kanani Green, and festival organizers...
FFC Officials conclude 133rd Meeting in Nauru Pictured from left, FFA Deputy Director General Dr Pio Manoa, NFMRA CEO Charleston Deiye, MIMRA Director Glen Joseph, and FFA Director General Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen. The FFC Officials chair was handed...
The American dream: work hard, look out for yourself and your family, and you’ll make it. You can join the approximately 1135 billionaires that live in the U.S., own fantastic properties, and throw lavish parties. You can become your own Jay...
On his London visit last week, after his meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Anthony Albanese shared his thoughts on fighting the far right. Politicians, he said, must keep their promises on economics and immigration. He cited first...
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Introduction by Croakey: In breaking news on Thursday, Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a landmark defence agreement with Australia. PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape said the agreement, known as the PukPuk treaty, “will elevate the two...
Without any prior public notification or scrutiny, the Australian Labor government has just extended a contract for the running of an asylum seeker prison on the tiny Pacific island of Nauru until at least 2027. Accommodation in the Nauru offshore...
Good morning. We lead today with revelations that a US private prisons operator will be paid $790m to hold just over 100 people on Nauru after the government expanded its contract in a decision called “absurd” by critics. In South Australia, a...
YAREN (Nauru Government/Pacnews) — Nauru President David Adeang has revealed for the first time that when he was elected president three years ago, he received advice from the government’s finance department that the nation was in “serious...
Most people can rattle off the names of big tourist hotspots. But ask them about the least known countries, and you’ll probably get a blank stare. (And rightfully so: That's a pretty weird question to ask.) These places exist well outside the...
Miss Nauru - Charlei Deiye YAREN — Nauru is set to host a celebration of Micronesia through music and pageantry at the inaugural Micronesia Musical Festival and Miss Micronesia Pageant that will run from Oct. 6 to 9, 2025. The major cultural event...
