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Nauru signs two landmark agreements in Majuro
RNZ
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July 4, 2025
Pictured at the signing, from left: Air Marshall Islands chief financial officer Roneel Sharma, Marshall Islands Transportation Minister Hilton Kendall, AMI chairman Bobby Muller, Nauru Airlines chairman Charleston Deiye, Nauru Airlines commercial...
Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement
AeroTime News
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July 3, 2025
South Pacific carriers Air Marshall Islands and Nauru Airlines have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) strengthening ties between the carriers, “to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service...
Air Marshall Islands And Nauru Airlines Collaborate To Support Regional Connectivity And Long-term Aviation Sustainability
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 4, 2025
Air Marshall Islands Inc (AMI) and Nauru Airlines (NAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding strengthening ties between the carriers, to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service quality, and strengthen technical...
Nauru establishes regulator for digital assets in new law
Coingeek
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June 25, 2025
Homepage > News > Finance > Nauru establishes regulator for digital assets in new law The Republic of Nauru has become the first Pacific country to establish a dedicated digital asset regulator, according to the government. The move comes via the...
Nauru Launches Bold Climate Resilience Initiative To Secure National Future At COP29
Bernama
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June 24, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 (Bernama) -- Nauru, the world’s smallest republic, has unveiled an ambitious climate resilience initiative at the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), calling on global investors and climate entrepreneurs to...
Nauru moves toward leadership in cryptocurrency in the Pacific
The Guam Daily Post
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In what the Nauru government announced as a landmark move for the Pacific region, the tiny island nation's parliament has passed legislation to establish a dedicated virtual asset regulatory authority, or VARA. VARAs play a crucial role in...
Nauru becomes first Pacific nation to establish dedicated crypto regulator
crypto.news
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June 19, 2025
Nauru has become the first Pacific nation to establish a dedicated regulatory authority for virtual assets. The Pacific nation of Nauru passed legislation on June 17 to create the Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority, an autonomous body that will...
Nauru seeks to become a hub for blockchain industry with the launch of digital asset regulator
The Pacific Island Times
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June 19, 2025
Nauru Parliament building/Photo courtesy of the government of Nauru By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Nauru Parliament has passed a measure establishing an autonomous agency to regulate cryptocurrencies and the blockchain industry, with its...
Nauru Regulates Crypto with a New Dedicated Regulator
Finance Magnates
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June 19, 2025
Nauru, a micro island nation in the Pacific Ocean, has become the latest to pass legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies by forming a dedicated virtual asset regulatory authority. A Dedicated Regulator for Crypto The bill, passed by Nauru’s...
Nauru Launches Crypto Regulator: A Bold Move In Blockchain!
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) The Pacific island nation of Nauru has recently taken significant strides in cryptocurrency regulation by passing new legislative measures. This milestone reflects Nauru's commitment to becoming a compliant and globally...
Nauru says deep sea mining and ocean conservation can coexist
RNZ
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June 18, 2025
Deep sea mining involves extracting potato size rocks called nodules - which are packed full of valuable metals - from the seafloor many kilometres deep. (file image) Photo: NOAA Ocean Exploration Ocean conservation and deep sea mining are not in...
Trump’s Pacific and Africa strategies: A critical minerals gamble to counter China
Natural News
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October 7, 2025
Trump’s Pacific and Africa strategies: A critical minerals gamble to counter China Trump’s executive order prioritizes seabed mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) through partnerships like Nauru to reduce reliance on China. U.S. summit...
Pacific leaders address U.S deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting
Island Times
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July 11, 2025
MAJURO (PMN) — The latest wave of deportations of Pacific people from the United States was among a range of issues discussed at the recent Micronesian Islands Forum in the Marshall Islands. The three-day summit brought together leaders from...
Trillions Beneath the Waves: Nauru's Deep-Sea Pact Gains Traction
Kalkine Media
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June 20, 2025
Highlights Nauru strengthens deep-sea mining pact for critical metal resources Revised agreement with (NASDAQ:TMC) includes long-term national benefits Clarion-Clipperton Zone hosts world’s largest undeveloped nickel deposit Beneath the remote...
The Pacific island nation of Nauru passes crypto legislation
Cryptopolitan
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June 19, 2025
The Republic of Nauru, a remote island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, has passed a law that could transform the country into a regional hub for crypto, digital banking, and Web3 innovation. On Tuesday, Nauru’s Parliament approved a bill...
Pacific nation Nauru passes law to establish a crypto regulator
Coin Telegraph
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June 19, 2025
The tiny Pacific nation of Nauru has passed legislation to establish a dedicated virtual asset regulatory authority covering crypto, digital banking and Web3 innovation, aiming to become a crypto hub. Nauru is a western Pacific Island sovereign...
Travel ban stays as High Court refuses Grace Road’s Daniel Kim to go to Nauru
The Fiji Times
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June 16, 2025
The Lautoka High Court last week refused to uplift a travel ban on Grace Road President, Daniel Kim. He had filed an application for bail variation on June 6 to allow him to travel to Nauru for a meeting with the country’s President, David W.R...
Eased NZ travel rules welcomed
Samoa Observer
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Samoans are excited and optimistic about New Zealand’s new immigration changes, which allow Pacific Island citizens to be issued a two-year multiple-entry visa. The changes, which came into effect on 6 July 2025, have sparked positive responses...
They need to listen and act now: Pacific countries ramp up…
Pacific News Service
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Pacific countries have taken a critical step to finalise their priorities as they ramp up the call for a high-ambition treaty that addresses the full life cycle of plastic. Ahead of the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental...
Pacific leaders address US deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting
Pacific Media Network
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The latest wave of deportations of Pacific people from the United States was among a range of issues discussed at the recent Micronesian Islands Forum in the Marshall Islands. The three-day summit brought together leaders from Kiribati, Nauru, the...