French Polynesia

The president of French Polynesia's Council of Physicians is free again after being detained and charged with sexual assault last week.

The French Polynesian government has revisited the proposed resumption of phosphate mining by stating that a new mining code will fix gaps in the current one.

A new date has been set in French Polynesia to hear whether to revive the OPT affair which centres on the territory's biggest case of corruption.

French Polynesia will ban the use of mobile phones in schools from August 2020.

The president of French Polynesia's Council of Physicians has been detained and charged with sexual assault.

The French Polynesian government has confirmed that it will release a new mining code within weeks amid a push by an Australian company to resume large-scale phosphate mining on Makatea atoll.

A French Polynesian candidate of France's right-wing National Rally has been put on the party's 25th position in next month's election of a new European Parliament.

Judicial authorities in French Polynesia have again deferred a decision on whether to revive the OPT affair which centres on the territory's biggest case of corruption.

Figures released in French Polynesia show increased traffic at Tahiti's international airport has failed to benefit the local carrier Air Tahiti Nui.

Two experts from France have been sent to French Polynesia to meet 36 victims of the nuclear weapons tests claiming compensation.

Police in French Polynesia have charged a woman with a drugs offence after detaining her last week on arrival from the United States.

There has been an outcry in French Polynesia over a reported bid by a French politician keen to inscribe Polynesian tattooing as part of the UNESCO world heritage.

An accounts office report in French Polynesia has found that assembly staff at times engage in activities which are not related to the work they are paid for.

A senior official in French Polynesia and three others have each been given a suspended six-month prison sentence for importing thousands of banned plants from France.

A former member of the French Polynesian Assembly, René Kohumoetini, has died.

The French Polynesian government has declared a dengue type 2 epidemic on the island of Tahiti.

The amended autonomy statute for French Polynesia has been changed by the French National Assembly after being adopted by the French Senate.

There is new opposition to the amended autonomy statute for French Polynesia which is to be debated in the French Assembly overnight.