Category: New Caledonia
Still no agreement between independentists and loyalists
by Ted Wood | Apr 2, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
The French government’s Minister for Overseas Territories will return at the end of April....
Read MoreDiscussions between independentists and non-independents are moving forward
by Ted Wood | Mar 2, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
The Minister for Overseas France, Manuel Valls, has finally brought everyone to the table…...
Read MoreNouméa-Bangkok: the sex airline!
The opening of the Nouméa-Bangkok-Paris airline will give sex tourism enthusiasts wings. Many...
Read MoreAlcide Ponga, President of the Government of New Caledonia
by Ted Wood | Jan 9, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
New Caledonia has a new president: Alcide Ponga. He’s a Kanak, but not an independentist. He...
Read MoreNew Caledonia’s government has fallen
by Ted Wood | Dec 30, 2024 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics
On Christmas Eve, the small loyalist party Calédonie Ensemble brought down the local (and...
Read MoreThe fall of the French government has the Outremers trembling
by Ted Wood | Dec 5, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
French Polynesia, Walis and Futuna and especially New Caledonia are very worried. Just three...
Read MoreOne billion euros for Caledonia!
The President of the Government of New Caledonia, Louis Mapou, is visiting Paris. He met Prime...
Read MoreFrance’s second and third highest officials in New Caledonia
by Ted Wood | Nov 13, 2024 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
Gerard Larcher, President of the French Senate, and Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the French...
Read MoreThe agreement with Azerbaijan is worthless!
by Ted Wood | Oct 18, 2024 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics
This three-ring billiard game between New Caledonia, Azerbaijan and France is coming to an...
Read MoreA conference on the Celts in the Pacific
On October 23 and 24 2024, the University of New Caledonia is organizing a conference on the Celts in the Pacific. It will address the question of the Celtic diaspora in the region. This includes Bretons (eastern France), Irish,...
Read MoreThe appalling toll of the riots
by Ted Wood | Oct 9, 2024 | Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
The French statistics institute (Isee) has published a new assessment of the riots that devastated...
Read MoreNothing happened on September 24
by Ted Wood | Sep 26, 2024 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
The whole of Caledonia held its breath over the long weekend of September 24. September 24 is the...
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- Riots: curfew until July 1The curfew is maintained in New Caledonia for a further week, from 8 pm to 6 am. Carrying and transporting weapons remains prohibited. The sale of alcohol also remains prohibited, except for wine merchants, who may only sell wine or champagne-type beverages with an alcohol content not exceeding 18%. Beer sales are still not permitted.