French Polynesia

The appeal court in French Polynesia has heard the case of a former president Gaston Flosse who appealed against his 18-month suspended prison sentence for abusing public funds by running a spy…

The appeal court in French Polynesia has deferred a fresh trial over the controversial 2002 sale of Anuanuraro atoll until February the 15th.

The French Polynesian president has attended a series of events in Papeete to commemorate the victims of last weekend's extremist attacks in Paris.

French Polynesia's court of appeal is tomorrow due to determine whether the OPT corruption case will be abandoned.

The French Polynesia Nuclear Workers' Association, or Mururoa e Tatou, has been given 50,000 US dollars by the government to help with its work.

The Court of Appeal in French Polynesia has heard the case of two former nuclear test workers who claim they experienced health problems after being exposed to radiation from French nuclear weapons…

French Polynesia's once dominant Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party says Rodolphe Jordan has returned to its side in the assembly.

French Polynesia's opposition pro-independence leader, Oscar Temaru, has sharply criticised France, saying it was raping the Maohi people's rights to sovereignty.

An appeals court in French Polynesia is to decide the future of a man who has been living in a boat outside a large resort near Tahiti.

The French Polynesian government says it will draw up a law in the territorial assembly to advance the reconversion of a former French military base on Tahiti.

Tahitian tennis player Heve Kelley says his recent Davis Cup experience will hold him in good stead for the future.

French Polynesia's anti-independence Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party says it wants France to cede its rights to the exploration of the territory's seabed believed to be rich in rare earths.

Reports from French Polynesia say the head of a public works agency, Bruno Marty, has been detained for questioning on suspicion of abuse of large sums of public funds.

A court in French Polynesia says it will give its verdict in a major tax fraud case involving the finance company Sofipac on January 15.

French Polynesia's once dominant Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has lost another assembly member amid a continued rift within its ranks.

The French Polynesian president, Edouard Fritch, says French Polynesians expect France to change its approach on compensating victims of the French nuclear weapons tests.

French Polynesia's president, Edouard Fritch, has reiterated that there is political instability in the territory but says a dissolution of the assembly is not on the agenda.

A court in French Polynesia has heard a case brought by the president Edouard Fritch who claims that his predecessor, Gaston Flosse, is ineligible to be a party leader because of his criminal…