NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

Staying up to date on economy and policy in Vanuatu.

The Gates of Hell by Rodin

The Global Minimum Tax is another vulnerability vector and door for discrimination against small states

From IFC Review
Why is Europe so obsessed with Pacific tax regimes?

Why is Europe so obsessed with Pacific tax regimes?

From the Vanuatu Business Review
Why everyone should stop calling Vanuatu a tax haven

Why everyone should stop calling Vanuatu a tax haven

From the Vanuatu Business Review
Vanuatu Regulator Gears Up with a Leading Crypto Consultant

Vanuatu Regulator Gears Up with a Leading Crypto Consultant

From Finance Magnates
2020 National Population and Housing Census

2020 National Population and Housing Census

From the Vanuatu National Statistics Office
Finalisation of EU benchmarks for the de-listing of Vanuatu

Finalisation of EU benchmarks for the de-listing of Vanuatu

From the European Commission
Unemployment is our most pressing post-Covid dilemma within the context of our various Citizenship Programs

Unemployment is our most pressing post-Covid dilemma within the context of our various Citizenship Programs

From the Vanuatu Daily Post
The Pandora Papers compound the absurdity of Vanuatu’s blacklisting by the EU

The Pandora Papers compound the absurdity of Vanuatu’s blacklisting by the EU

From the Vanuatu Business Review
[Video] Training Workshop: Implementing the FATF recommendations on digital assets

[Video] Training Workshop: Implementing the FATF recommendations on digital assets

From the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission
Legal advice on the rights of Approved Foreign Investors vs. Work Permit holders

Legal advice on the rights of Approved Foreign Investors vs. Work Permit holders

From Ridgway Blake Lawyers
Vanuatu Private Sector Economic Update

Vanuatu Private Sector Economic Update

From the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Pandora Papers bring hope for Vanuatu’s ‘grey-listing’ dilemna

Pandora Papers bring hope for Vanuatu’s ‘grey-listing’ dilemna

From the Vanuatu Daily Post
L’Union européenne allège sa liste noire des paradis fiscaux en plein Pandora papers

L’Union européenne allège sa liste noire des paradis fiscaux en plein Pandora papers

From Le Parisien
EU tax haven blacklist trim ‘grotesque’ after Pandora papers, say critics

EU tax haven blacklist trim ‘grotesque’ after Pandora papers, say critics

From The Guardian
Vanuatu Digital Asset Guidelines launched

Vanuatu Digital Asset Guidelines launched

From the Vanuatu Daily Post
Why the Pacific has become a testing ground for blockchain and cryptocurrency projects

Why the Pacific has become a testing ground for blockchain and cryptocurrency projects

From ABC News
Who’s waiting after whom? The EU blacklist issue gets muddier and muddier

Who’s waiting after whom? The EU blacklist issue gets muddier and muddier

From the FCA
[Video] Conference call with the EU Ambassador

[Video] Conference call with the EU Ambassador

From the FCA
Comments on the French Embassy’s note regarding EU blacklists

Comments on the French Embassy’s note regarding EU blacklists

From the FCA
Clarifications on the inclusion of Vanuatu on EU financial blacklists

Clarifications on the inclusion of Vanuatu on EU financial blacklists

From the French Embassy in Vanuatu
[Audio] ’We are supposed to be forever subjugated to the EU’

[Audio] ’We are supposed to be forever subjugated to the EU’

From David McWilliams
[Video] Training session on digital assets with Loretta Joseph

[Video] Training session on digital assets with Loretta Joseph

From the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission
[Video] The Global Minimum Tax Rate: Another Reason to Blacklist

[Video] The Global Minimum Tax Rate: Another Reason to Blacklist

From Marla Dukharan
Macron’s Indo-Pacific vision: ‘Woe betide the small and isolated’

Macron’s Indo-Pacific vision: ‘Woe betide the small and isolated’

From the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Exchange between Irish MEP Clare Daly and the European Commission

Exchange between Irish MEP Clare Daly and the European Commission

From the European Parliament
[Video] From Blackbirding to Blacklisting

[Video] From Blackbirding to Blacklisting

From Marla Dukharan
From blackbirding to blacklisting

From blackbirding to blacklisting

From the Trinidad and Tobago Daily Express
Vanuatu: taking the pandemic in its economic stride

Vanuatu: taking the pandemic in its economic stride

From DevPolicyBlog
Amalgamation of the local company and international company (IC) legislation

Amalgamation of the local company and international company (IC) legislation

From the FCA
Clarifying the new rules on digital assets and cryptocurrencies

Clarifying the new rules on digital assets and cryptocurrencies

From the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission