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Tahiti claim on former test sites reconfirmed
French Polynesia's disgraced president, Gaston Flosse, says the former French nuclear weapons tests sites in the Pacific belong to French Polynesia but because of their pollution, France can look after them.
Updated at 1:43 pm on 9 December 2014
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Tahiti assembly approves 2015 budget
The French Polynesian assembly has approved the 2015 budget, with no member voting against it.
Updated at 2:40 pm on 8 December 2014
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Tahiti assembly rocked over criticism
Sharp exchanges in French Polynesia's budget debate have prompted the assembly president to react to unprecedented criticism of the ruling party's policies.
Updated at 11:32 am on 8 December 2014
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French Polynesian politician questions compensation moves
A French Polynesian politician says a compensation bid by the territory's assembly may be an attempt to undermine the relationship with France.
Updated at 9:20 pm on 25 November 2014
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French Polynesia compo bid queried
There's speculation a move by French Polynesia's assembly to seek a huge compensation payout from France could simply be a power play to usurp the territory's president.
Updated at 5:06 pm on 25 November 2014
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French Polynesia to seek huge compensation from France
The French Polynesia assembly is poised to ask France for 930 million US dollars in compensation for environmental damage caused by its nuclear weapons tests.
Updated at 11:09 am on 24 November 2014
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Tahiti's Fritch calls for stop to rumours
The French Polynesian president says he is rejecting rumours that his government is to face a no-confidence motion from within the ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party.
Updated at 6:30 pm on 1 November 2014
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Fritch meets French president
French Polynesia's president, Edouard Fritch, has revealed that he met the French president Francois Hollande during his recent Paris visit.
Updated at 2:54 pm on 22 October 2014
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Retrial ordered in another Flosse case
A retrial has been ordered in French Polynesia of the so-called OPT affair after the case was thrown out by the appeal court in June because of a technicality.
Updated at 11:41 am on 20 October 2014
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Resignation in Tahiti amid Tahoeraa rift
A French Polynesian opposition assembly member has quit the budget commission amid an apparent and unprecedented rift within the ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira party.
Updated at 4:23 pm on 17 October 2014
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Hollande to visit French Polynesia next year
The French president, Francois Hollande, is to visit French Polynesia next year.
Updated at 1:25 pm on 14 October 2014
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Tahiti espionage case in court in March
French Polynesia's criminal court has deferred until next year the case of the now defunct and illegal espionage service of the disgraced former president Gaston Flosse.
Updated at 12:26 pm on 2 October 2014
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Gaston Flosse returns Legion of Honour in protest
French Polynesia's disgraced former president, Gaston Flosse, has returned his French Legion Of Honour in protest at not being pardoned for corruption.
Updated at 8:19 pm on 30 September 2014
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Tahoeraa wins Tahiti's French Senate seats
French Polynesia has elected the two candidates of the ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party as the territory's members of the French Senate.
Updated at 6:09 am on 30 September 2014
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Flosse hired by Tahiti's ruling party
French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira party has hired the disgraced former president, Gaston Flosse, as an advisor and given him an office at the territorial assembly.
Updated at 8:57 am on 29 September 2014
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Wallis and Futuna retains senator
Wallis and Futuna has confirmed Robert Laufoaulu as the territory's sole member of the French Senate.
Updated at 6:10 am on 29 September 2014
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French Polynesia opposition lays complaint over controversial resort
French Polynesia's opposition says it has lodged a complaint with the public prosecutor over the use of public funds to get tenders for a resort on Tahiti.
Updated at 7:32 pm on 26 September 2014
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Tahiti assembly job for convicted leader legal
The opposition in French Polynesia says it may be shocking but legal for the territorial assembly to hire the recently convicted former president, Gaston Flosse.
Updated at 9:50 am on 22 September 2014
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Flosse in line for Tahiti assembly job
The French Polynesian territorial assembly is poised to hire the recently convicted former president, Gaston Flosse, as a member of the ruling party's staff.
Updated at 5:16 pm on 20 September 2014
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Tahiti ombudsman to run for French Senate
French Polynesia's ombudsman has fended off a legal challenge by the French High Commission and can now stand for a seat in the French Senate.
Updated at 1:37 pm on 19 September 2014
