French Polynesia

Ten people have been charged in French Polynesia over a prostitution racket that allegedly included minors.

French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party has held its congress to present its candidates for next month's territorial election.

The printing shop of French Polynesia's La Depeche newspaper has been placed in receivership.

French Polynesia's opposition pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says if New Caledonia accedes to full sovereignty this year French Polynesia will follow.

The French High Commissioner in French Polynesia has condemned the forced entry of strikers into last week's sitting of the territorial assembly.

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira Party has held its congress to announce some of its candidates for next month's territorial elections.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch says if he wins this year's election he will make the pension reform the priority of priorities.

The French Polynesian government has withdrawn its pension reform plan in the face of strikes and protests.

Demonstrators opposed to the French Polynesian government's pension reforms have entered the territorial assembly.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has given suspended jail sentences to three politicians, including a former president, for abusing public funds.

Thousands of people in French Polynesia have marched onto the territorial assembly in an effort to stop the government's pension reform.

French Polynesia's capital is expected to experience substantial disruptions today as unions are poised to block access to Papeete.

Thousands of people in French Polynesia have held a rally in Papeete as part of general strike to stop the government's pension reform.

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch has again warned the pension system is at risk of going bankrupt.

Another senior politician of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has defected to the ruling Tapura Huiraatira party.

A general strike has been called in French Polynesia for next Tuesday in a bid to stop pension reform.