PARIS (AP) — France announced a sweeping, hard-fought agreement Saturday aimed at granting more autonomy to the restive South Pacific territory of New Caledonia, but stopping short of the independence ...

Macron is seeking to push through an agreement that maintains the Pacific colony as a state within the French Constitution.

France’s efforts to steer New Caledonia towards a new institutional settlement are entering a sensitive new phase. With the Bougival agreement facing delays, political pushback and lingering doubts ...

The main pro-independence coalition in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia has rejected a Paris-brokered deal to establish the Pacific archipelago as a new state. France last month ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called New Caledonia’s politicians back to the negotiating table in Paris on 16 January ...

France on Saturday announced a "historic" accord with New Caledonia in which the overseas territory, rocked by deadly separatist violence last year, would remain French but be declared a new state. "A ...

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting with New Caledonia's elected officials, in Noumea, New Caledonia, May 23, 2024 (pool photo by Ludovic Marin via AP). Click to share on Twitter ...

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to convene talks in June in a bid to break the deadlock over the future of France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, where deadly separatist violence broke ...

SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia will on Sunday go to the polls to decide whether to become independent, with a vote in favour set to deprive France of its most ...