Oceania Solomon Islands A Solomon Islands delegation is attending the first General Assembly of the International Organisation for Aid to Navigation; the team is led by Manasseh Maelanga, Minister of Infrastructure Development
Oceania Solomon Islands The country is preparing to host the Honiara Summit 2025, an international meeting focusing on Sustainable Development Goal 14.4: Conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Oceania Solomon Islands Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles, travelled to the Solomon Islands for a series of high-level talks, meeting Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele and other government ministers
Oceania Solomon Islands Total international arrivals for Q3 2024 were 13.966, an increase of 11,5% over the previous quarter, Q2 2024, according to Solomon Islands National Bureau of Statistics
Oceania Solomon Islands Australia will help increase the capacity of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, with funding, training and infrastructure to grow the RSIPF in a sustainable manner, including support for a new sovereign Police Training Centre in Honiara
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands National University will offer a new course on national security supported by the Australian Government to develop Solomon Islands' capacity to produce high-quality analytical texts and teaching on national security
Oceania Solomon Islands The world's largest coral was discovered by a team of scientists in a region of the Solomon Islands known as the "Coral Triangle" for its diversity and abundance of coral; it could be over 300 years old and it is bigger than a blue whale
Oceania Solomon Islands Speaking at COP29, Minister Manemahaga underscored the vulnerability to climate change, saying the impacts are not abstract future threats but real stories of loss, displacement, erosion of culture and heritage
Oceania Solomon Islands The first Solomon Islands coin issue bearing the effigy of King Charles III, a $1 coin dated 2025, has been recently unveiled by the Royal Australian Mint ; Governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands struck the first coin
Oceania Solomon Islands A new regional fisheries surveillance centre will soon be built at the Forum Fisheries Agency in Honiara, whose foundation stone-laying ceremony was held in the presence of Prime Minister Manele
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands rugby has received a donation of training kits from British charity SOS Kit Aid, thanks to a partnership with the British High Commission
Oceania Solomon Islands Saudi Arabia and the Solomon Islands have formalised an agreement to exempt holders of diplomatic, private and official passports from short-stay visa requirements
Oceania Solomon Islands The country officially acceded to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation with the instrument of accession deposited by the Permanent Mission of Solomon Islands to the United Nations in New York on 4 October 2024