Tag: Vanuatu
US opens embassy in Vanuatu amid China’s advances in the Pacific
By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 04/01/2023 at 07:07 , Update on 01/04/2023 at 07:32 Vanuatu President Nikenike Vurobaravu at the UN, September 2022. BRYAN R. SMITH The United…
The United States plans to open an embassy in Vanuatu to strengthen its position in the South Pacific
Washington does not intend to let Beijing place its pawns on the world chessboard without reacting. The United States announced on Friday, March 31, plans to open an embassy in…
After an earthquake and a new cyclone, Vanuatu declares a state of emergency
The Pacific island state and its 320,000 inhabitants suffered a cyclone and an earthquake simultaneously, the latter followed by an aftershock. By IM with AFP Vanuatu was hit by two…
Earthquake of magnitude 7 in Vanuatu, according to the American Institute of Geophysics
A magnitude 7 tremor was detected off the Pacific island state of Vanuatu on Sunday evening, according to the United States Institute of Geophysics (USGS), triggering a tsunami warning. The…
Threatened by global warming, Vanuatu wants to seize international justice to push governments to act
Vanuatu President Nikenike Vurobaravu during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2022, at UN headquarters. JULIA NIKHINSON / AP Using the law to push…
“In Vanuatu, the return to the pen is no longer a nostalgic chimera”
SSuddenly, Vanuatu found itself forty years behind. The story began on October 30, when officials in the capital, Port Vila, noted oddities in their emails. Then, gradually, the websites and…
Vanuatu setzt auf Internationalen Gerichtshof
Die Klimaziele des Pariser Abkommens werden längst nicht erreicht. Besorgte Regierungen und Aktivisten suchen nach neuen Druckmittel. Klimaklagen sind hoch im Kurs. Vanuatu will nun vom Internationalen Gerichtshof (IGH) hören,…
Vanuatu adopts ambitious climate plan
The Pacific microstate sees itself as a model student in climate policy. By 2030, the electricity demand is to be completely covered by renewable energies. View of Port Vila, the…