French Polynesia
News in French for 20 May 2021
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France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims
France should pay for medical costs caused by its nuclear weapons tests according to Tahiti's social security agency.
News in French for 13 May 2021
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First 24 hrs with no new Covid-19 in French Polynesia since July
French Polynesia has gone 24 hours without recording any new cases of Covid-19. It's the first time this has happened since July 2020.
Veterans groups, opposition to boycott talks on French nuclear legacy
French Polynesia's opposition and nuclear test veterans organisation will boycott talks in Paris on the legacy of French testing.
Tahiti aims at 70 percent vaccination target
The French overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu says for France to allow French tourists back to Tahiti, 70 percent of French Polynesians have to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
News in French for 6 May 2021
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Tahiti to reopen for international tourism tomorrow
French Polynesia will tomorrow re-open its borders for quarantine-free travel, as mass vaccination against Covid-19 continues.
News in French for 29 April 2021
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News in French for 22 April 2021
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Tahiti-US travel bubble to reopen in May
French Polynesia is to re-open its border at the end of next week, allowing the resumption of quarantine-free air travel from and to the United States.
News in French for 15 April 2021
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Murder accused in Tahiti's JPK case wins first reprieve
The man suspected of killing French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, known as JPK, has won a case in France's highest court, which found that investigative magistrates had breached rules…
Tahiti aims for border reopening in May
French Polynesia hopes to be able to reopen its borders for quarantine-free travel in May.
News in French for 8 April 2021
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Tahiti delegation meets French nuke compo commission
A French Polynesian delegation has met the new leadership of the French compensation commission for the victims of France's nuclear weapons tests.
Fritch meets French leaders amid Covid-19 crisis
The French Polynesian president has discussed France's Covid-19 policies with French leaders in Paris.
Outcry in Tahiti over nuclear fallout study
There is renewed alarm in French Polynesia over the legacy of the French nuclear weapons tests.
Almost a year since first Covid-19 in French Polynesia
Looking back over a year of Covid-19 in French Polynesia. Audio
Covid-19 death toll in Tahiti now at 135.
There have been two more Covid-19 related deaths in French Polynesia bringing total fatalities to 135.