Fiji
Republic of Fiji
CAPITAL: Suva
FLAG: The national flag of Fiji consists of the red, white, and blue Union Jack in the upper left corner of a light blue field, with the Fiji shield in the lower ri...
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Fiji
The Republic of Fiji Islands (or Fiji) lies in the South Pacific Ocean. It is made up of 332 islands, with a total landmass of 18,270 square kilometers (7,000 square miles). The land is mostly mo...
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Fiji
POPULATION 856,346CHRISTIAN 54.9 percentHINDU 36.6 percentMUSLIM 7.7 percentOTHER 0.8 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The more than 300 islands that make up the Republic of the Fiji Is...
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Area: 18,272 sq km (7,055 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 855,000Capital:
Suva
Chief of state:
Presidents
Ratu Josefa
Iloilo and, (acting) from December 5, Voreque
Bainimarama
Head of government:...
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SUVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone with destructive
winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph) battered an outlying island
of the South Pacific nation of Fiji on Saturday, flattening two
small v...
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Fiji's military ruler said Thursday he was expelling New Zealand's top diplomat, sending already strained relations between the South Pacific nation and one of its biggest neighbors spiraling even ...
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Fiji's military chief took office Friday as the South Pacific nation's interim prime minister, formally assuming the power he seized by force one month ago in an armed coup.Commodore Frank Bainimar...
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Wellington (dpa) - A United Nations fact-finding mission that has
arrived in Fiji will open its inquiry by talking with former prime
minister Laisenia Qarase, who was ousted...
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Fiji coup leader and interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on
Wednesday promised democracy will return to the Pacific island nation
by March 2009.
Speaking at a Pacific Islands Forum su...
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Ten men accused of plotting to assassinate Fiji's military chief after he seized control of the country in a coup were freed on bail Wednesday after prosecutors reduced the charges against them.The...
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Wellington (dpa) - Seven people died after tropical Cyclone Gene
strafed Fiji, cutting power lines and water supplies, wrecking crops
and filling evacuation centres with fam...
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