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An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific, on 12 December 2021.The vote was the third and final one to be held under the terms of the Nouméa Accord, following votes in 2018 and 2020.
On February 1, 1999, RFO Nouvelle-Calédonie became Télé Nouvelle-Calédonie (also referred to by the acronym TNC), following the transformation of RFO into Réseau France Outre-mer. Since July 9, 2004, Télé Nouvelle-Calédonie has belonged to France Télévisions SA, a single national company into which RFO has become a subsidiary of the ...
At the end of this process, France, like the international community, recognized the majority desire of Caledonians to remain French. [ 5 ] The MPC does not join the June 2022 legislative elections that were initiated by the Caledonian Republicans, Générations NC, and Caledonia Together , stating that they want a "broader union", including ...
About 80 percent of the 700-member regiment is composed of soldiers on short-term (four month) deployments from metropolitan France. As of 2018, only about 30 personnel in the regiment were locally recruited. [2] [3] Navy: Based at the Pointe Chalaix Naval Base, the flagship is Vendémiaire (F734).
The "Tour Cycliste de Nouvelle-Calédonie" is a multi-day cycling stage race that is held usually in October. The race is organised by the Comite Cycliste New Caledonia. The race attracts riders from Australia, New Zealand, France, Réunion, Europe and Tahiti.
France will continue to do so, the vote having rejected becoming an independent state in 2021. Named after New Caledonia's capital and largest city, the Nouméa Accord was the second accord, following the Matignon Agreements (1988) .
The Congress of New Caledonia (French: Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), a "territorial congress" (congrès territorial or congrès du territoire), is the legislature of New Caledonia. The congress is headquartered at 1 Boulevard Vauban in downtown Noumea. Local media in New Caledonia refer to the congress as "boulevard Vauban" when ...
The 1987 New Caledonia independence referendum, the first referendum on independence, was held the following year on 13 September 1987, but independence was rejected by a large majority, with 842 people (1.7%) voting for independence and 48,611 people (98.3%) voting to remain a part of France.