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Cyclone Lola is downgraded after causing widespread damage in Vanuatu.
2023-10-26

Opposition parties in Vanuatu boycott the parliament after a failed no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau.
2023-08-17

Vanuatu launches a global campaign to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Vanuatu bases its decision on being incapable with its own decisions to address rising sea levels and other challenges linked to climate change and wants the ICJ to establish responsibilities for climate change under international law.
2021-09-25

Cyclones Yasa and Zazu threaten several Pacific countries, especially Fiji. Yasa intensifies into a category 2 storm, remaining in the waters between Fiji and Vanuatu. It is expected to reach Fiji on Thursday as a category 4 storm. Zazu also brings heavy rains to Tonga.
2020-12-14

Vanuatu reports its first case of COVID-19 after a citizen who was repatriated from the United States tested positive while in quarantine.
2020-11-11

A 7.0 magnitude undersea earthquake strikes east of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Tsunami warnings for New Caledonia and Vanuatu are cancelled. There are no immediate reports of damage.
2017-11-20

A "state of natural disaster" is declared for the next 30 days with Cyclone Winston classified as the strongest storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere.
2016-02-20

Vanuatu prepares for Tropical Cyclone Pam which is predicted to reach Category 5 on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale.
2015-03-12

Russia becomes the 156th member of the World Trade Organization. Vanuatu becomes the 157th member.
2012-08-22

A pair of earthquakes, magnitude 7.1 and 7.0, occur in Vanuatu.
2011-08-20