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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Saudi Arabia and the Solomon Islands have formalised an agreement to exempt holders of diplomatic, private and official passports from short-stay visa requirements

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

Head of delegation to the UN General Assembly reaffirmed the country's support for the implementation of the United Nations Fourth Decade for the Elimination of Colonialism