Vanuatu Watch by AJC
Daily Post: Finnish technology firms exploring Vanuatu telecoms and satellite market — substantive Vanuatu business coverage
Vanuatu holds national day of mourning after 45 lives lost at sea in recent weeks — substantive domestic story from Pacific media
ABC News correction note clarifies status of reported Vanuatu revocation of Andrew Tate’s Vanuatu citizenship
Daily Post opinion raises governance concerns around Air Vanuatu Islander sale and cites statutory financial-counsel roles
EU Council invited to drop Vietnam and Panama from non-cooperative jurisdictions list at 9 Oct meeting; Vanuatu remains on the list alongside Russia and US territories
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Tanzania reaps financial-sector dividends after FATF grey-list exit — enforcement-climate signal relevant to FCA’s delisting advocacy
US State Department 2026 Investment Climate Statement notes PNG grey-listed 13 Feb 2026 — Pacific neighbour AML pressure signal
PACNEWS roundup: MSG members including Vanuatu agreed to 2023 Udaune Declaration moratorium on deep-sea mining
Islands Business note on Vanuatu meteorological-data infrastructure dependence on global networks
Daily Post: Vanuatu marks 47th Constitution Day — ceremonial
RNZ: Pacific life expectancy gains uneven — Vanuatu cited as moving from below to above average
39 items screened out this week
- [EU blacklists] Vietnam and Panama may be excluded from the EU tax blacklist, Bloomberg reports, citing sources - Pravda EU
- [EU blacklists] EU finance ministers will discuss excluding Vietnam and Panama from the tax blacklist in October 2026, Bloomberg reports, citing sources - Pravda EN
- [EU blacklists] EU may exclude Vietnam, Panama from tax black list — Bloomberg - World - TASS
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- [Vanuatu CBI] Top Citizenship By Investment Programs 2026 | Citizenship Shop
- [Vanuatu CBI] How Countries Treat Citizens by Investment Differently From Other Citizens - IMI Daily
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- [Financial Industry] RBI chief lays down 5 key priorities to maintain financial stability amidst emerging risks - The Hindu
- [Financial Industry] Resilience of financial system not a guarantee against future vulnerabilities: RBI Guv - The HinduBusinessLine
- [Economy] Vanuatu tenders get latest global Vanuatu tender information
- [Economy] Economic Indicators Economic Policy and Statistics Section 30 September 2026
- [Global media] ‘We swept a lot under the carpet’: Vichy regime film hits home in France of 2026 | France | The Guardian
- [Global media] One Nation vows to abolish First Nations treaty and legalise pepper spray at Victorian campaign launch | Victorian politics | The Guardian
- [Global media] Hip-pocket politics is Labor’s greatest vulnerability – and red-hot anger over the latest rate rise isn’t helping | Tom McIlroy | The Guardian
- [Global media] European Union | The Guardian
- [Global media] Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc | Brazil | The Guardian
- [Global media] Guardian Essential poll: One Nation’s primary vote climbs again as Coalition’s sinks to lowest level yet | Essential poll | The Guardian
- [Global media] TV tonight | The Guardian
- [Global media] Trump threatens to double tariffs on South Korea if they do not pay for Alaska natural gas pipeline – as it happened | Trump administration | The Guardian
- [Regional media] Man sentenced after breaching AVO and crashing car that killed ex-partner near Orange - ABC News
- [Research] Vanuatu Game Developers Conference Newswire - EIN Presswire
- [FATF news] Nigeria: EFCC, NFIU Prepare for Fresh FATF Evaluation, After Nigeria’s Exit From Grey List - allAfrica.com
- [FATF news] EFCC, NFIU prepare for fresh FATF evaluation, after Nigeria’s exit from grey list | Nigeria
- [EU tax blacklist] Council invited to remove Panama and Vietnam from EU ‘blacklist’ of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes - Europe
- [Commentary FR] Pour ‘renforcer sa position budgétaire et financière’, l’Argentine va offrir la citoyenneté aux étrangers qui y investissent au moins 310.000 euros | France
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