French Polynesia

The French overseas minister says she is not opposed to calls for a study into the possible genetic consequences of the French nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia.

A bill by a French Polynesian politician is being prepared in France which would disqualify from holding office for life any elected member convicted of abusing public funds.

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse won't be allowed to stand in the territorial election in April.

A French health specialist says he is all in favour of an independent study into possible genetic changes as a result of France's nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia.

The French government says different ministries may have to be consulted before French Polynesia can take out a loan of $US5 billion from the United Arab Emirates.

A French health specialist says a quarter of children on an atoll near Moruroa got cancer nearly half a century after France's nuclear tests in French Polynesia.

The Pacific Community says it's concerned about outbreaks of dengue fever in the region becoming harder to combat.

The French overseas minister Annick Girardin today begins a five-day official visit to French Polynesia - her first since assuming office.

French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition party has launched a petition asking France to assume full responsibility for its nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific.

The French Polynesian government has again hit out at Gaston Flosse after he announced he had deal with a company in the United Arab Emirates for billions of dollars worth of investment.

The French High Commission in French Polynesia has published the dates for candidates to register for this year's territorial election.

More talks are planned between the French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch and unions over the government's pension reform.

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse says he will go to France's highest court if necessary to be able to run in the territorial election in April.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch says plans to meet potential tourism investors from the United Arab Emirates fell over.

French Polynesia's health ministry has released figures which show that in the past 15 years more than 9500 people have been diagnosed with cancer.

There is controversy in French Polynesia over who is allowed to represent France's ruling En Marche party in Tahiti.

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse says he has signed an agreement with an investor in the United Arab Emirates who is poised to fund billions of dollars worth of projects in Tahiti.

The French government has been presented with proposals to approve new regulations about medically induced abortions for French Polynesia and New Caledonia.

There is strong opposition in French Polynesia to the government's pension reform which would raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

There is dismay in French Polynesia over the fatal mauling of a giant tortoise from the Galapagos islands.