Pacific Magazine: France Daily News http://www.pacificmagazine.net TransOceanic Media en-us (Tahitipresse) Eric Spitz will replace Jacques Witkowski on June 9 as secretary general at the French High Commission's office in downtown Papeete, reports... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/17/french-high-commission-appoints-new-secretary-general http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/17/french-high-commission-appoints-new-secretary-general Sat, 17 May 2008 19:20:00 -1000 (Oceania Flash) The French police's financial unit has raided the office and residence of New Caledonia's Southern Province President, Philippe Gomès,... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/16/french-police-raid-southern-province-presidents-office-home http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/16/french-police-raid-southern-province-presidents-office-home Fri, 16 May 2008 17:19:00 -1000 (Oceania Flash) New Caledonia has for the past month commemorated the 20th anniversary of the so-called Ouvéa tragedy, a hostage crisis that led to the... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/06/new-caledonia-marks-20th-anniversary-of-ouvea-tragedy http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/06/new-caledonia-marks-20th-anniversary-of-ouvea-tragedy Tue, 06 May 2008 22:35:00 -1000 (Oceania Flash) France's State Secretary for Overseas, Yves Jégo, is planning to pay his first visit to French Polynesia in July. Jégo told... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/06/yves-jego-heading-to-papeete http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/06/yves-jego-heading-to-papeete Tue, 06 May 2008 22:34:00 -1000 (Radio New Zealand International)French Polynesian veterans of France's nuclear testing program in those islands say they may hold a hunger strike in Paris to... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/05/nuclear-test-veterans-may-hold-hunger-strike http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/05/nuclear-test-veterans-may-hold-hunger-strike Mon, 05 May 2008 23:23:00 -1000 (Oceania Flash) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has on Wednesday congratulated newly-elected French Polynesian President Gaston Tong Sang, saying his election... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/17/french-president-sarkozy-congratulates-tong-sang http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/17/french-president-sarkozy-congratulates-tong-sang Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:45:00 -1000 (Oceania Flash) The French government has been swift to congratulate French Polynesia's Gaston Tong Sang upon his election  as the new President of French... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/16/paris-congratulates-french-polynesia-president-tong-sang http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/16/paris-congratulates-french-polynesia-president-tong-sang Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:02:00 -1000 (Oceania Flash) The French government's economic, social and cultural cooperation fund, commonly known as the "Pacific Fund," has approved a series... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/07/nearly-4m-approved-for-pacific-fund-projects http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/07/nearly-4m-approved-for-pacific-fund-projects Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:51:00 -1000 (Oceania Flash) French President Nicolas Sarkozy's announced visit to French Polynesia late April has now been postponed indefinitely, the French High... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/03/sarkozys-tahiti-trip-postponed-indefinitely http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/03/sarkozys-tahiti-trip-postponed-indefinitely Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:00 -1000 (Radio New Zealand International) French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is expected to make an official visit to Tahiti this month according to local radio. The... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/02/sarkozy-reportedly-to-visit-french-polynesia http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/04/02/sarkozy-reportedly-to-visit-french-polynesia Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:32:00 -1000