Articles Tagged: relations

Fiji?s refusal to provide additional security or allow Australian Federal Police to provide protection to the Australian High Commission in Suva in the face of two credible death threats to Australian High Commissioner James Batley is yet another extreme step backwards by the Fiji interim government. Its lack of respect for international law has brought relations with Australia to a new and unnecessary low, after the deportation of two Australian publishers. It would be easy to say that

Fiji Makes Yummy Water, Crummy Media Relations Decisions As Rupert Murdoch deals with the fallout from ousting managing editor Marcus Brauchli, he?s got another mini crisis to handle: The island nation of Fiji is forcibly removing Fiji Times publisher Evan Hannah from its borders. Courtesy 2006?s bloodless coup that put military commander Frank Bainimarama in charge, Fiji now views Hannah as a national security threat. He was detained and faces deportation; he?s expected to leave for Austra

As Rupert Murdoch deals with the fallout from ousting managing editor Marcus Brauchli, he?s got another mini crisis to handle: The island nation of Fiji is forcibly removing Fiji Times publisher Evan Hannah from its borders. Courtesy 2006?s bloodless coup that put military commander Frank Bainimarama in charge, Fiji now views Hannah as a national security threat. He was detained and faces deportation; he?s expected to leave for Australia on Friday. All this follows the deportation of fellow

Pacific island nations are welcoming the news of Kevin Rudd's election victory with numerous leaders expressing a hope for greater relations with Australia.

India will continue with its policy to engage with Fiji?s interim administration instead of isolating it, says outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Fiji, Ajay Singh.