PORT VILA, 24 OCTOBER 2019 (FINANCIAL TIMES) — Vanuatu is reviewing its “passports for sale” scheme over concerns that inadequate scrutiny of the mainly Chinese applicants risks undermining the visa-free access it enjoys with the EU. Since it was launched in 2016, the citizenship programme has generated more than US$200million in government revenue for Vanuatu, […]
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Vanuatu, Cook Islands urging UN to improve climate financing
WELLINGTON, 21 OCTOBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — Vanuatu and the Cook Islands are calling for the United Nations to make it easier for vulnerable low-lying states to access climate financing. Pacific states graduating from low-income to developed status aren’t getting enough assistance with climate vulnerability, officials from both countries say For 15 years, Vanuatu has […]
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WTO-PIFS regional workshop on LDC graduation
PORT VILA, 21 OCTOBER 2019 (VANUATU DAILY POST) — Vanuatu will join its Pacific Least Developed Countries (LDC) member states participate in the Regional Workshop on LDC graduation in Port Vila from 22 -24 October at Holiday Inn resort. The workshop is jointly organised by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) secretariat in collaboration with the […]