French Polynesia
News in French for 20 May 2020
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French Polynesia's Marquesas islands lose internal flights
Air Tahiti has decided to no longer fly within the Marquesas islands as the carrier struggles with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stranded French Polynesians leave Australia
The French military has repatriated 29 French Polynesian residents stranded in Australia since the Covid-19 outbreak in March.
Tahiti's Temaru marks UN decolonisation listing
The leader of French Polynesia's pro-independence movement has called on parents not to send their children to school to mark the seventh anniversary of the territory's reinscription on the UN…
Sport: Tahiti Football abandons season, no champion declared
The Tahiti Football Federation has decided that it won't declare a championship winner this season.
Tahiti employers decry voiding of Covid-19 quarantine
An employers organisation in French Polynesia is upset that the government's Covid-19 quarantine rules have been declared illegal.
Outrage in Tahiti over French nuclear law moves
There has been an outcry in French Polynesia over moves by the French National Assembly to slip a clause about compensation over nuclear weapons testing into Covid-19 legislation.
Tahiti dog owners face homicide charge over fatal attack on woman
Two men in French Polynesia have been charged with aggravated involuntary homicide after their dogs fatally mauled a woman.
New record non-stop flight from Tahiti to France
The airline French Bee has announced a new distance world record with a Tahiti to Paris non-stop flight.
Court quashes French Polynesia Covid-19 quarantine rules
A administrative court in French Polynesia has ruled that it is illegal to hold arriving passengers in quarantine premises determined by the authorities.
Laurey to quit French Polynesia ruling party
A senior French Polynesian politician says he will leave the ruling Tapura Huiraatira party amid a week-long public spat over the management of the Covid-19 outbreak.
French Polynesia covid-19 quarantine undermined
A woman in French Polynesia has left her quarantine after challenging the authorities about the terms of her confinement.
French Polynesia strike threat over slow repatriation
The frustration over the slow repatriation of stranded French Polynesians has led to a union threat of a general strike.
Spat within French Polynesia's Tapura deepens
A senior French Polynesian politician Nuihau Laurey has accused his party of acting in pathological bad faith as a public spat over the management of the Covid-19 outbreak continues.
Dogs in Tahiti kill elderly woman
Two men are in custody in French Polynesia after their dogs fatally mauled a woman.
Loans promised to airlines in French overseas territories
France has promised to lend money to airlines in its overseas territories hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.
All Covid-19 restrictions to be lifted in outer islands of French Polynesia
All Covid-19 restrictions imposed in French Polynesia's outer islands will be lifted at midnight.
Loans promised to airlines in French overseas territories
France has promised to lend money to airlines in its overseas territories hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.
Tapura Senator outrages French Polynesia leadership
French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party has responded with anger to a radio interview of one of the party's two members of the French Senate.
More French Polynesians repatriated from France
More French Polynesians stranded in France since March have arrived in Tahiti.