Nauru and Guam: A tale of two islands

From the Publisher's Desk By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Nauru, the world’s smallest island republic, is emerging as a model of fiscal prudence in the Pacific region. Determined to take charge of its future, Nauru established the Intergenerational Trust...

The Pacific Islands Challenge

As the strategic rivalry between China and the United States intensifies across the Indo-Pacific, the Taiwan Strait is often seen as the key flash point. Yet whether the regional balance holds or tips into conflict will also be shaped by choices...

Government withholds translated public interview about opaque Nauru deal

The federal government has refused to release a translation of a public interview in which Nauru's president discusses the potentially multi-billion-dollar deal to take members of the so-called NZYQ cohort, because doing so would "likely" damage...

Australia Begins Transferring Immigrants to Nauru Under Controversial Deal

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Australia has begun transferring immigrants to the remote Pacific island nation of Nauru under a controversial agreement signed earlier this year, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, as...

Live: Murray Watt grilled by Labor MPs on key environmental reforms

1m agoTue 28 Oct 2025 at 2:10am Albanese meets with leaders of Thailand and Philippines The prime minister says he met with the leaders of Thailand and Philippines this morning. Anthony Albanese says he met informally with Thailand's new Prime...

Nauru, Australia sign $388M deal for refugees long-term resettlement arrangement

YAREN (PACNEWS) — Nauru and Australia have taken another major step in their long-standing cooperation with the signing of a $388 million (US$250 million) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the third-country resettlement of selected...

Nauru, Australia sign $388 million deal for refugees long-term resettlement arrangement

Nauru and Australia have taken another major step in their long-standing cooperation with the signing of a $388 million(US$250 million) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the third-country resettlement of selected persons — described as...

All the ways Albanese has broken his promise to bring transparency back to Canberra

After winning the 2022 election, Anthony Albanese was scathing of the “cult of secrecy and a culture of cover-up” under Prime Minister Scott Morrison. And fair enough. The multi-ministry scandal was a shocking grab for power. One that Mr Morrison...

Nauru President re-elected amid China controversy and plans for deep sea mining

Just a few months after explaining his government's decision to rekindle diplomatic ties with China, Nauru President David Adeang has been re-elected unopposed in the country's recent election. Nauru's parliament met on Tuesday to discuss the...

Business : Global Unrest Drives Surge In Interest For Nauru's CIB Programme

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Amid rising global instability, interest is surging in Nauru’s Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program, one of the world’s newest citizenship by investment (CIB) offerings. Nauru Economic and Climate...

Experts warn of communities at high risk for natural disasters: 'Forced to stay exposed'

A new study shows that coastal living is undergoing a shift, as residents relocate in response to rising seas and extreme weather threats unique to coastlines and disproportionately impacting low-income and marginalized communities. What's...

New Nauru Government sworn in as President David Adeang announces Cabinet

The newly re-elected President of Nauru, David Adeang has officially announced his Cabinet on Thursday, unveiling a team tasked with steering the Pacific Island nation through an important chapter of its development. The swearing-in ceremony,...

Inside the country with visa-free entry for almost everyone - and the most beautiful beaches in the world

Tucked in the western Pacific Ocean is a country made up of more than 600 islands scattered across an expanse of ocean - five times the size of France. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is an archipelago composed of both high volcanic...

David Adeang appoints Cabinet to lead Nauru for the next three years

President Adeang with his Cabinet ministers who will lead Nauru's government priorities for the next three years. Photo: Facebook / The Government of the Republic of Nauru President David Adeang, 55, has announced the lineup of Cabinet ministers...

CHOGM in Samoa a chance for member states to witness the effect of Climate change

By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola Samoa’s hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2024 is an opportunity for the island nation to showcase to the world the effect of climate change facing the Pacific. CHOGM will bring...

Geopolitical instability sparks surge in Nauru citizenship by investment programmes

YAREN (NAURU GOVT) — Global events are sparking strong interest in Nauru citizenship by investment (CIB) schemes, according to the director of one of the most recently introduced programmes. CEO of the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience...

Climate superpowers, a new Ebola outbreak and how to eat less plastic

Want to get the ThinkLandscape digest in your inbox? Sign up here. You’re probably aware that eating less meat can benefit your health. But did you know that if we all switched to more plant-based diets, it could save millions of lives each year?...

Geopolitical instability sparks surge in Nauru's passport-for-sale program, official says

By Pacific Island TimesNews Staff Nauru’s citizenship-by-investment program has started attracting more foreigners seeking alternative home countries amid global conflicts, according to an official from the Pacific island nation. Edward Clark, CEO...

Adeang back as Nauru president

NEW Zealand is failing to protect those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in the Pacific islands. A report by human rights organisation, Amnesty International, says discriminatory migration policies tear families apart in New...

Pacific Tuna Industry: Advancing the East New Britain initiative for inclusive and sustainable benefits

The East New Britain Initiative (ENBi) is gaining momentum as a transformative platform to maximise economic, social, and employment benefits from the Pacific tuna industry. Speaking at the 9th Pacific Tuna Forum in Nadi, Pacific Islands Forum...