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Fijian coup leader George Speight is released from prison after obtaining a pardon from President Wiliame Katonivere. Speight was imprisoned in 2002 for his role in the 2000 coup d'état in which ethnic Fijian nationalists attempted to overthrow Indo-Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry.
2024-09-19

Fiji and New Zealand sign a defence pact in Suva, Fiji, which includes military cooperation and humanitarian aid.
2023-06-14

The 51st Pacific Islands Forum begins in Suva, Fiji, amid escalating geopolitical competition between China and the United States.
2022-07-11

Fiji locks down the Qauia settlement near Suva, amid a substantial increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 in the country, which is reporting up to 300 new cases a day, with several clusters and spread of the Delta variant. The government alleges that the infections began to increase after a breach of protocol by a Navy officer.
2021-06-28

The Fijian Health Ministry announces the introduction of containment zones in Lami, Suva, and Nausori beginning tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. for 14 days after four community cases were detected.
2021-04-25

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is the first leader to congratulate Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, despite no official result being announced at the time.
2020-11-7

Fiji announces a lockdown of the capital Suva, beginning tomorrow, as two more cases are confirmed.
2020-04-2

Infanta Cristina, the youngest daughter of the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, is charged by a magistrate with tax evasion and money laundering.
2014-01-7

Commodore Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji's military government, says a new constitution will be ready by February 2013.
2012-03-9

Fiji's former prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, is arrested for allegedly breaching the military government's emergency regulations.
2010-10-3