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Montevideo, May 1st 2024 - 07:56 UTC

Tag: French Overseas Territory

  • Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

    New Caledonia votes to remain as a French Overseas Territory

    “At this stage in the count, the 'no' vote looks on track to win it,” a spokesman for France's Ministry of Overseas Territories told the media.

    Voters on the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia were on course to reject breaking away from France in a referendum on Sunday, partial results showed. With votes from 282 out of 304 polling stations tallied, the partial results showed the “no” camp ahead with 53.6% support after expanding its lead as results came in from the capital, Noumea, traditionally a bastion of pro-Paris loyalty.

  • Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 06:46 UTC

    French Overseas Territory New Caledonia votes on independence referendum on Sunday

    Declared a French Overseas Territory in 1946, New Caledonia is one of 13 such overseas territories, scattered around the globe

    New Caledonia, an idyllic French Overseas Territory island territory in the southwestern Pacific, votes Sunday on whether to seek full independence from Paris, 18,000 km away Thirty years in the making, Sunday’s referendum will call 174,154 voters to the polls to test the appeal of remaining a part of France, a vector of state subsidies but also, some feel, a kind of neglect.