AUSTRALIAN Federal Police are to resume their training mission in Vanuatu nine months after the Pacific island nation kicked them out as part of a diplomatic row.
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24 May 2013 | 9:31 am
Read more...Asian Bank seeks feasibility study of small hydro projects in Vanuatu
HydroWorld
ADB is funding technical assistance to Vanuatu for extension of existing distribution networks and for development of new small hydropower projects. ADB recruited consultants in February to study seven mini-hydropower projects and expansion of an ...and more » -
24 May 2013 | 6:56 am
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Sydney Morning HeraldIsle the resorts forgot
Sydney Morning Herald
"No Mo Wori" is written on the wall of Port Vila's domestic airport, a gospel of sorts in Bislama, the creole language of Vanuatu. It occurs to me that polished name tags and starched collars are as fish-out-of-water here as French baguettes, though I ...and more » -
23 May 2013 | 10:48 pm
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Radio AustraliaVanuatu Chief: lukluk long lokol refugee pastaim
Radio Australia
Wanpela kastom chief long Vanuatu i itok gavman imas lukluk long kantri pastaim long em i go toktok long bringim insait long kantri ol Climate Refugee long narapela hap blong Pacific. Praim Minista Moana Carcasses Kalosil i laik kamapim polisi blong ... -
23 May 2013 | 8:27 pm
Read more...New Caledonia strike stops Vanuatu flights
Radio New Zealand International
A pro-longed general strike in New Caledonia against the high cost of living continues to affect flights. Today's service between Noumea and the Vanuatu capital, Port Vila, has been cancelled. Yesterday, the domestic airline cancelled all flights but ... -
20 May 2013 | 6:55 pm
Read more...Vanuatu's PM tells of strong opposition to Abkhazian ties
Radio New Zealand International
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil has told Georgia's president he was strongly opposed to Vanuatu's recognition of Abkhazia. At a meeting between the two leaders on Monday, the president, Mikheil Saakashvili thanked Vanuatu for ... -
20 May 2013 | 5:38 pm
Read more...Swing in a hammock to a soothing tropical breeze in Vanuatu
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
Swinging in a hammock to a soothing tropical breeze, or perhaps propped up on a barstool sipping a cocktail, watching the sun go down from your bungalow sounds good to me and according to Callum Rhodes and Michelle Clements the owners of Mangoes ... -
20 May 2013 | 3:43 pm
Read more...Vanuatu's Prime Minister visits Huay Hong Krai development project
Thailand National News Bureau
Mr. Kalosil indicates after his visit to the Huay Hong Khrai project that he would take back several of the things he observed there and apply it in his effort of developing Vanuatu. He added that the memorandums of understanding between Thailand and ... -
20 May 2013 | 2:09 pm
Read more...Turkish international aid reaches Vanuatu
Hurriyet Daily News
TİKA's Deputy President Harun Tuncer declared that by reaching out to Vanuatu, TİKA had now managed to reach the fifth continent of influence, as it is to provide computers and equipment to the island country to enhance its technical and information ...and more » -
20 May 2013 | 4:59 am
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vestnik kavkazaSaakashvili Meets Vanuatu's PM, Thanks for Revoking Abkhaz Recognition
Civil Georgia
President Saakashvili met Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Moana Carcasses Kalosil, in Thai city of Chiang Mai on a sideline of the Asia-Pacific Water Summit and thanked him for his government's decision to retract recognition of breakaway Abkhazia. There ...
Georgia Says Vanuatu Has Withdrawn Recognition of AbkhaziaBloomberg
Vanuatu scraps recognition of Georgia breakaway regionGlobalPost
Georgia's president thanks Vanuatu for "historic" decisionRadio New Zealand International vestnik kavkaza -Messenger.ge all 104 news articles » -
16 May 2013 | 3:10 pm
Read more...New Vanuatu PM looks to shake up foreign relations
Radio Australia
Vanuatu's new prime minister says his first hundred days in office will bring significant change to the country's foreign relations. After his first 100 days in office, Vanuatu Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil is shaking up foreign affairs. He's ...and more »
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AFP return to Vanuatu after diplomatic row - The Australian
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Vanuatu expelled 12 AFP officers in May 2012, two weeks after the AFP arrested senior Vanuatan official Clarence Lawry Marae while he was passing through Sydney airport with Prime Minister Sato Kilman.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade branded the expulsion a "retaliation" for Marae's arrest.
But Foreign Minister Bob Carr, currently visiting Vanuatu, says the two countries have now struck an agreement that will result in nine AFP officers returning to the country.
"They will be returning to Vanuatu in the next few weeks," a spokesman for Senator Carr confirmed to AAP on Wednesday.
Marae was charged with one count of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth of Australia over allegations he was involved in a $4.5 million tax fraud.
He remains in custody after a Brisbane court denied him bail because it judged him to be a flight risk. He is due face a three-day committal hearing next month.
At the time, Mr Kilman described Marae's arrest as "kidnap and breach of diplomatic protocol".