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ADB, Tuvalu Sign a Grant Agreements to Improve Water and Sanitation Services in Funafuti
FUNAFUTI, TUVALU (19 November 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tuvalu have signed today a grant agreement amounting to $16.53 million to support the improvement of water supply and sanitation management in Funafuti....
Owner: Asian Development Bank
President Lai meets delegation led by Saint Lucia Deputy Prime Minister Ernest Hilaire
TAIWAN, September 3 - Details 2025-09-02 President Lai meets delegation from University of Tokyo cross-strait relations research group On the afternoon of September 2, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from the University of Tokyo’s...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai meets delegation from Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
TAIWAN, August 27 - Details 2025-08-28 President Lai attends opening ceremony of 53rd Asian-Pacific Parliamentarians’ Union General Assembly On the morning of August 28, President Lai Ching-te attended the opening ceremony of the 53rd...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Call for Applications: UNITAR Women’s Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025
The programme is open to motivated people living in or from Pacific Island countries and territories or the Asia-Pacific, who are: An adult of 18 years or older Eager to learn about the leadership skills required for disaster risk reduction...
Owner: United Nations
President Lai meets New Zealand delegation from All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taiwan
TAIWAN, April 17 - Details 2025-04-15 President Lai meets delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister Panapasi Nelesone On the afternoon of April 15, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister and Minister...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai pens Bloomberg News article on Taiwan’s response to US reciprocal tariffs
TAIWAN, April 9 - Details 2025-04-08 President Lai receives credentials from new Tuvalu Ambassador Lily Tangisia Faavae On the morning of April 8, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai presides over fourth meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
TAIWAN, June 26 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt On the morning of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Alfred Lipphardt, commander-in-chief of the...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
President Lai meets US CNAS NextGen fellows
TAIWAN, April 23 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai pays respects to Pope Francis On the morning of April 23, President Lai Ching-te visited the Taipei Archdiocesan Curia to pay respects in a memorial ceremony for His Holiness Pope Francis. As...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai pays respects to Pope Francis
TAIWAN, April 23 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai meets US CNAS NextGen fellows On the morning of April 23, President Lai Ching-te met with fellows from the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Program (NextGen) run by the...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai delivers remarks at International Holocaust Remembrance Day event
TAIWAN, April 23 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai pays respects to Pope Francis On the morning of April 23, President Lai Ching-te visited the Taipei Archdiocesan Curia to pay respects in a memorial ceremony for His Holiness Pope Francis. As...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai meets US delegation led by Senator Pete Ricketts
TAIWAN, April 18 - Details 2025-04-17 President Lai meets New Zealand delegation from All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taiwan On the morning of April 17, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from New Zealand’s All-Party Parliamentary Group...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Tomás Elías González Benítez launches editorial service on the world’s least-visited destinations
The Venezuelan travel writer offers media and agencies unique content to highlight unexplored destinations with tourism potential. DALLAS, TX, UNITED STATES, April 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Travel writer and content creator Tomás Elías...
President Lai hosts appreciation luncheon in Palau
TAIWAN, December 6 - President Lai hosts appreciation luncheon in Palau On the afternoon of December 6 local time (noon the same day Taipei time), while on a series of state visits to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and the Republic...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Secretary-General Pan visits Palau National Aquaculture Center
TAIWAN, December 6 - Secretary-General Pan visits Palau National Aquaculture Center On the morning of December 6 local time (morning of the same day Taipei time), as part of the itinerary during President Lai Ching-te’s state visits to the...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai transits in Guam en route for a state visit to Republic of Palau
TAIWAN, December 4 - President Lai transits in Guam en route for a state visit to Republic of Palau On the afternoon of December 4 (noon on December 4 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te departed from Tuvalu while en route for a state visit to...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai arrives in Republic of the Marshall Islands
TAIWAN, December 3 - President Lai arrives in Republic of the Marshall Islands President Lai Ching-te departed from Hawaii while en route for state visits to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Palau. After a...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai holds policy discussion at US East-West Center
TAIWAN, December 2 - President Lai holds policy discussion at US East-West Center While transiting in Hawaii before state visits to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Palau, President Lai Ching-te held a discussion...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS OF THE AMBASSADOR OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION TO THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA
[PRESS RELEASE – TUESDAY 8 APRIL 2025] – His Excellency Mr. Victor Vavricker presented his Letters of Credence to the Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa, Afioga Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi II, at a Credentials Ceremony held...
Owner: Samoan Government