Oceania Marshall Islands Almost three years after the first in-person preliminary discussions between the US and the Marshall Islands on a third Compact funding agreement, negotiations resumed last week with a two-day meeting in Kwajalein
Oceania Papua New Guinea Air Niugini and PNG Hunters Rugby Football Club have renewed their agreement for another three years: Air Niugini supports the SP PNG Hunters club's travels to and from Queensland and within Papua New Guinea
Oceania Kiribati A nationwide state of calamity has been recently declared after below-normal rainfall caused high salinity levels in water sources at major monitoring wells
Oceania New Zealand Air New Zealand is increasing the number of seats, adding other 40.000 seats and hundreds more workers, but warns that ticket prices will be affected by the cost of fuel
Oceania Nauru The country received 6.600 doses of Covid-19 paediatric vaccine from Pfizer thanks to Australian Government support and UNICEF intervention
Oceania Tonga The country won one gold and one bronze medal at the Pacific Mini Games 2022, which end today in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; Atamaama Tu'utafaiva (25 years old) won gold in the women's shooting and the bronze medal was won by the tennis team
Oceania Australia Antarctic team recently took the traditional plunge into ice at Mawson Station to celebrate the middle of winter- shortest day/longest night; inhabitants of most remote station don't see the sun in the day and the next sunrise is due in a week
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu's new ambassador to Taiwan, Bikenibeu Paeniu, presented his diplomatic credentials to President Tsai Ing-wen; Tuvalu is Taiwan's oldest ally in the Pacific region, since 1979
Oceania Marshall Islands Majuro's new maritime training facility is taking shape next to the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation's office at Uliga Dock, with completion expected by the end of 2022
Oceania Micronesia US Secretary of State Blinken spoke with President Panuelo and reaffirmed the special friendship between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia, characterised by a commitment to ensuring peace and prosperity in the Pacific island region
Oceania Vanuatu Switzerland will not allow visa-free entry to Vanuatu nationals whose passports were issued on or after 25 May 2015, as the EU fears that Vanuatu's investor citizenship programmes, known as 'golden passports', pose a threat to EU countries
Oceania New Zealand From 21 June, New Zealand will welcome all international travellers by removing pre-arrival testing requirements and allowing unvaccinated travellers to enter quarantine for the first time since the start of the pandemic