2018 in Nauru
overview of Nauru-related events during the year of 2018
Events in the year 2018 in Nauru.
Incumbents
President: Baron Waqa
Speaker of Parliament: Cyril Buraman
Events
10 January – Australian High Commissioner to Nauru Angela Tierney presents her credentials to President Waqa.
30 January – The Nauruan government lifts a temporary ban on Facebook started in 2015.
12 February – Nauru and South Ossetia abolish visa requirements for visits shorter than 90 days.
18 February – Thirty-five refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in Los Angeles in the United States.
25 February – Twenty-six refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.
4 March – Twenty-nine refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.
13 March
Nauru severs ties with the High Court of Australia.
Australian judge Geoffrey Muecke takes the oath of office to become a justice of the Supreme Court of Nauru.
9 April – Charisma Amoe-Tarrant wins Nauru a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Women's +90kg weightlifting event in Gold Coast, Australia.
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