French Polynesia

Reports from French Polynesia say a bid to set up a new domestic airline will be raised in court this week.

French Polynesia's president says improving the compensation process for victims of France's nuclear weapons tests is a priority.

The former head of French Polynesia's GIP militia Rere Puputauki has been given a suspended jail sentence for abuse of trust.

An attempt to have a major cocaine smuggling case in French Polynesia thrown out over a technicality has failed.

French Polynesia's unions have called off their general strike.

French Polynesia's opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party is today expected to exclude one of its assembly members for failing to follow the party's directive.

Unions in French Polynesia have vowed to continue their strike despite failing to stop the government's pension reform.

French Polynesia's assembly has voted to raise the retirement age from 60 ot 62.

French Polynesia's president says the government's proposed pension reform is urgent because the fund ensuring payments has reserves lasting no more than a year and a half.

A general strike in French Polynesia is affecting the port of Papeete but the rest of the economy is reported to be untouched.

Tahiti's main port is expected to be worst hit by a general strike in French Polynesia.

A senior French Polynesian politician has been fined for defaming the president Edouard Fritch during the election campaign in April.

French Polynesia's unions calling for a general strike are due to meet employers tomorrow.

Municipal meetings in far-flung archipelagos in French Polynesia can now legally be held via teleconference.

A complainant in French Polynesia has asked France's highest court to annul the campaign accounts of the ruling party.

Several unions in French Polynesia have issued a strike notice in a bid to force the government to abandon its pension reform plan.