Fiji

Fiji Airways has been told it will not be able to return the newly-leased million-dollar aircraft sitting unused at Nadi Airport because of complex binding agreements.

Fiji Trades Union Congress executive Felix Anthony has been in court again this week after being charged with one count of performing a malicious act under the Public Order legislation.

A Fijian academic has warned that mental health issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are likely to be the next threat to the country.

Fiji's government has lifted the seasonal ban on the harvest, sale and consumption of Coral Trout and Grouper, or Donu and Kawakawa, early.

Fiji's government is encouraging locals and potential visitors to download their Covid-19 contact tracing application in the hope they can be included in a future travel bubble.

Public frustration with the government is growing in Fiji over delays to social welfare payments for families made vulnerable by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The EU has provided a support package of $US23.4 million to help Fiji address the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fiji's Online Safety Commission and the Police Cyber Crime Unit are investigating complaints from people claiming they have been attacked on social media.

Fiji police have come under fire over claims some members of the force are accepting bribes and ignoring an increase in crime in Nausori town.

While the prospect of international rugby remains up in the air, Flying Fijians coach Vern Cotter is taking a closer look at locally based talent.

Budget scrutiny

A ferry captain involved in a fatal collision with a fishing boat in Fiji says the incident could have been avoided if the fishermen had anchored out of a channel used by inter-island vessels.

The New Zealand government will expand its assistance programmes in Fiji to help those living in the cyclone battered north.

Fiji's budget transparency score has dropped while Papua New Guinea has maintained the same score it was given in 2017 in the Open Budget Survey.