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List of events
Events in the year 2018 in
Nauru .
Incumbents
Events
10 January – Australian High Commissioner to Nauru Angela Tierney presents her credentials to President Waqa.
[1]
30 January – The Nauruan government lifts a temporary ban on
Facebook started in 2015.
[2]
12 February – Nauru and
South Ossetia abolish visa requirements for visits shorter than 90 days.
[3]
18 February – Thirty-five refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in
Los Angeles in the
United States .
[4]
25 February – Twenty-six refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.
[5]
4 March – Twenty-nine refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.
[6]
13 March
9 April –
Charisma Amoe-Tarrant wins Nauru a silver medal at the
2018 Commonwealth Games Women's +90kg weightlifting event in
Gold Coast, Australia .
[9]
[10]
30 April – Sixteen refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.
[11]
1 June – Nauru nationals are granted visa-free entry to
Taiwan for visits up to 30 days.
[12]
15 June – An Iranian asylum seeker's body is found in an Australian offshore processing centre on Nauru. The asylum seeker committed suicide, the third in processing centres on Nauru to do so.
[13]
2 July – Nauru announces plans to block the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation from attending and covering the
Pacific Islands Forum in September.
[14]
8 July – Twenty-three refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.
[15]
22 July – Thirty-six refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.
[16]
4 September –
Television New Zealand reporter
Barbara Dreaver is detained by the
Nauru Police Force following an interviews with refugees.
[17]
13 September – Justice Geoff Muecke grants the
Nauru 19 a permanent stay on their case tied to a protest in 2015.
[18]
4 December – The Nauru Court of Appeals formally opens.
[19]
Full Date Unknown
Nauru partners with the company DeepGreen Resources for future
deep sea mining .
[20]
[21]
A coalition of Australian human rights groups set 20 November as a deadline for removing refugee from offshore detention centres in Nauru.
[22]
References
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"President Waqa receives new Australian High Commissioner to Nauru" . Loop Nauru . January 10, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"Nauru Government removes temporary restriction on Facebook" . Loop Nauru . January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"Nauru Government removes temporary restriction on Facebook" .
Radio New Zealand . January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"More refugees leave Nauru for US" .
Radio New Zealand . February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"More refugees leave Nauru for resettlement" . Loop Nauru . February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"More refugees leave Nauru for America" . Loop Nauru . March 5, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Doherty, Ben (3 April 2018).
"Nauru's former president accuses Australia of being complicit in 'political prosecution' " .
The Guardian . Retrieved 8 June 2023 .
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"Nauru appoints Justice Muecke to Supreme Court Bench" . Loop Nauru . March 14, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"Feagaiga Stowers secures Samoa's second gold medal" . Samoa Observer . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"Event Schedule - Women's +90kg" . Gold Coast 2018 . Archived from
the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"More Nauru refugees sent to be resettled in the US" . Loop Nauru . April 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"Taiwan grants visa-free entry to Nauru nationals" . Loop Nauru (Press release). May 31, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Doherty, Ben; Vasefi, Saba (June 15, 2018).
"Iranian asylum seeker dies by suicide on Nauru" .
The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"Nauru bans Australian Broadcasting Corporation from Pacific Islands Forum" .
IFEX . July 5, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"More Nauru refugees leave for US" . Loop Nauru . July 9, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"US resettlement of refugees on Nauru continues as Australians protest" . Loop Nauru . July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Davidson, Helen (September 4, 2018).
"New Zealand reporter detained by police on Nauru after refugee interviews" .
The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"Permanent stay for Nauru anti government protestors" .
Radio New Zealand . 13 September 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2023 .
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"First sitting of the Nauru Court of Appeal" . Loop Nauru (Press release). December 14, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
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"Nauru partners with deep sea mining company on quest for sustainable future" . Loop Nauru (Press release). July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Davison, Janet (August 5, 2018).
"Murky waters" .
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Davidson, Helen (August 19, 2018).
"Human rights groups set deadline to get all refugee children off Nauru" .
The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
Years in
Nauru (1968–present)
2018 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand Dependencies and other territories