Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu and Taiwan signed a joint declaration on parliamentary cooperation; Tuvalu Parliament Speaker Samuelu Penitala Teo emphasised the long history of linguistic and cultural ties between the two countries
Oceania Tuvalu Speaker of the Tuvalu Parliament Samuelu Penitala Teo will meet President Tsai Ing-wen during his visit to Taiwan in 8-12 January, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu still has hopes of joining the world football body, FIFA; however, the country faces climate change, which often renders the airstrip used as an alternative football pitch unusable
Oceania Tuvalu PM of Tuvalu and the PM of Antigua and Barbuda submitted a request to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for an advisory opinion on the obligations of States under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
Oceania Tuvalu The Pacific Community, with financial support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has deployed a team of nurses and experts to help the country with the pandemic
Oceania Tuvalu As rising sea levels could cover the country, Minister of Justice, Communications and Foreign Affairs said it will become a 'digital nation' as part of a campaign created with Accenture's Song The Monkeys agency and production company Collider
Oceania Tuvalu Covid-19 cases in Tuvalu rose to over 400 last week, with all health facilities in the country to remain in Covid-19 emergency mode
Oceania Tuvalu The Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide emergency relief goods in response to the severe drought, at the request of the government
Oceania Tuvalu At the last Pacific State Conference, the Tuvalu envoy proposed the creation of a digital twin of the island to preserve its culture and values, removing them from the threat of climate change
Oceania Tuvalu The Funafuti Drought Committee is pleased to announce to all Funafuti residents that water distribution will now be open according to certain timetables; the ration for households remains at 6 buckets each morning and afternoon
Oceania Tuvalu 22 500-pound bombs from World War II were found underwater in Nanumea by a naval team from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States; the government had asked the Australian Defence Force to search for explosive remnants of the war
Oceania Tuvalu The Department of Commerce, with funding and technical assistance from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, is developing the Tuvalu Nations E-Commerce Strategy
Oceania Tuvalu Ms Eselealofa Apinelu has presented her credentials as the High Commissioner of Tuvalu to Fiji; she has been Attorney General of the Government of Tuvalu since 2008 and Senior Crown Counsel of Tuvalu from 2003 to 2006