New Caledonia

New Caledonia's Congress has approved the budget for 2016 amid expectation that growth will slow to 0.6 percent. The budget was approved by a large majority but was opposed by...

New Caledonia's SLN nickel company has announced plans to save about 90 million US dollars a year to cope with a severe nickel crisis.

Authorities in New Caledonia are warning about excessive alcohol consumption during end of year festivities.

The president of the French Senate is due in New Caledonia at the end of February.

Talks have been held on Belep in the very north of New Caledonia about the island's possible inclusion of the region's cruise ship itineraries.

The former Real Madrid and France football star Christian Karembeu hopes that tonight's All Star match in Noumea will help to inspire the next generation of New Caledonian's to take up the sport.

New Caledonia is stopping importation of raw French poultry products amid concern of a possible spread of avian flu.

Three days of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Gaitcha football club in New Caledonia kick off today.

Reports from New Caledonia say questions remain about the status of 1,000 people on the electoral lists.

The New Caledonian government has authorised the company MKM to export low-grade nickel ore to Japan and Australia.

One of the key investors in New Caledonia says its involvement in the Koniambo nickel plant in the territory's north is under review.

New Caledonia's president last month warned Australian MP and businessman, Clive Palmer, there could be unrest in the French territory if he shuts down his Townsville nickel smelter.

A host of European football greats will begin arriving in New Caledonia today to help mark the 50th anniversary of the Gaitcha Club.

The Southern Province of New Caledonia is to help pay for the rebuilding of a school in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila.

Rival New Caledonian politicians have written a joint letter to the French president, asking whether the French state will invest into a new power plant for the ailing SLN nickel company.

The French mining concern Eramet has rejected reports that its subsidiary SLN is about to quit New Caledonia.

Police in New Caledonia are holding a 37-year-old man who confessed to shooting his two children on a beach.

New Caledonia's audit office has severely criticised the way the territory's public service is run, pointing to a raft of poor spending decisions.

A former French prime minister, Michel Rocard, has described New Caledonia's possible independence as a kind of oddity.