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In brief: news from around the Pacific

RNZ
07 Jul 2021
  Papua New Guinea;   Samoa;   Tonga

AUSTRALIA, A PARTNER, NEIGHBOUR AND FRIEND, SHARES COVID-19 DOSES WITH SAMOA

Government of Samoa
07 Jul 2021
  Samoa

Niue Govt facing huge deficit in 2021

RNZ
05 Jul 2021
  Niue

Delta variant of Covid creates emerging market gap as outperformers hit

Business Standard
04 Jul 2021
  Global

SOE EXTENSION | FAAAUAUINA O LE POLOAIGA O FAALAVELAVE TUTUPU FA’AFUASE’I

Government of Samoa
02 Jul 2021
  Samoa

Japan PM says no spectators possible as Samoa withdraws weightlifters

Reuters
01 Jul 2021
  Samoa

More than a shot in the arm needed to heal the global economy

The Jakarta Post
01 Jul 2021
  Global

China to continue COVID-19 assistance

Samoa Observer
30 Jun 2021
  Samoa;   People's Republic of China

G20 talks urge greater global cooperation post-Covid

France 24
29 Jun 2021
  Global

131 newly registered nurses undergo COVID-19 vaccination training

Solomon Islands Government
29 Jun 2021
  Solomon Islands

New Zealand handed over Fiscal Relief Support to Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Government
28 Jun 2021
  Solomon Islands;   New Zealand

Portugal: EIB guarantee of €113 million to CGD to support faster economic recovery of Portuguese companies from COVID-19

European Investment Bank
23 Jun 2021
  European Union;   Portugal

Niue Premier spells out rules for visitors

RNZ
21 Jun 2021
  Niue

Portugal speeds up vaccination as COVID-19 infections rise

Reuters
21 Jun 2021
  Portugal

Vaccines against COVID-19 must be considered as a global public good, high commissioner for human rights tells human rights council as it opens its forty-seventh regular session

United Nations Human Rights Council
21 Jun 2021
  Global

COVID-19: Portugal imposes 3-day travel ban on Lisbon

DW
20 Jun 2021
  Portugal

28,800 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccines arrived in the country via COVAX

Solomon Islands Government
19 Jun 2021
  Solomon Islands

ADB, UNICEF send Fiji urgent medical supplies to battle second wave of COVID-19

UNICEF
18 Jun 2021
  Fiji

Bubble brings back New Zealand volunteers

Cook Islands News
18 Jun 2021
  Cook Islands

Japan to lift state of emergency for Tokyo, New Zealand announces COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan for general population

Xinhuanet
17 Jun 2021
  Japan;   Australia;   Bangladesh;   Fiji;   India;   Republic of Korea;   Maldives;   New Zealand;   Pakistan;   Philippines;   Sri Lanka;   Thailand