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The economy of Fiji is one of the most developed among the Pacific islands. Nevertheless, Fiji is a developing country endowed with forest, mineral and fish resources. The country has a large agriculture sector heavily based on subsistence agriculture. Sugar exports and the tourism industry are the main sources of foreign exchange. There are ...
Community groups across the Pacific Islands, one of the world's most aid reliant regions, are scrambling to find ways to pay staff after U.S. funding was frozen, organisations in Fiji said.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka raised concerns that the mass deportation of criminals from the U.S. posed a safety risk to Pacific Island states in a meeting with the ...
The 51st Pacific Islands Forum was a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), which was held in Suva, Fiji from 11 to 14 July 2022. [2] The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister of Fiji, Frank Banimarama. [3] The meeting led up to the launch of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent ...
The decree was officially issued by the President of Fiji, Epeli Nailatikau, whose role as head of State is an essentially ceremonial one.Its main stated objective is to "ensure the present and continued viability and sustainability of essential national industries for the benefit of Fiji".
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fiji will strike a deal with Australia to upgrade ports and shipbuilding infrastructure, months after its prime minister said it was likely to partner with China on the project ...
A series of economic sanctions against Fiji were made in response to the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. The sanctions began in 2006 and ended after elections were held in 2014. [a] Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum in 2009, [2] but rejoined in 2014. [3] [4]
Fiji's Head of State is the President.He is elected by Parliament of Fiji after nomination by the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition, for a three-year term.. Although his role is largely an honorary one, modelled after that of the British Monarchy, the President has certain "reserve powers" that may be used in the event of a national