The volume of passengers handled at Taiwan's airports last week fell by more than 50 percent compared with the same period last year, amid a global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said Monday. It said passenger volume between Taiwan and two other neighboring countries -- Japan and Singapore -- also dropped last week, due to COVID-19 preventative efforts.
The Youth Cultural Gardeners project is fostering links with regional partners. Shao Sheng Vietnam Traditional Music Ensemble is one of the many beneficiaries of the Ministry of Culture’s Youth Cultural Gardeners project designed to boost exchanges with New Southbound Policy target countries.
The Council of Agriculture says that Taiwan has signed agreements with Australia and New Zealand to recognize each other’s organic produce. The council made the statement on Monday after Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Australia in January and with New Zealand in February.
After multiple negotiations and field visits, the Council of Agriculture (COA) has reached a bilateral agreement with both Australia and New Zealand on organic equivalency, which were signed on Jan. 23 and Feb. 26 respectively. The cooperation is expected to boost organic produce trade and agricultural exchanges between Taiwan and the aforementioned countries.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New Zealand and New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office signed an organic food agreement Feb. 26, a move expected to boost agricultural exchanges and deepen economic ties between Taiwan and the southwestern Pacific country.
Taiwan's national men's basketball team overran the visiting Malaysians by more than 100 points in their first matchup in the qualifying round of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup in downtown Taipei on Friday.
All six of Taiwan’s special municipalities earned a place on the 2019 Cities A List published by U.K.-based Carbon Disclosure Project, Feb. 18, reflecting global recognition of countrywide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Taipei-based National Taiwan University (NTU) ranked eighth in the 2020 Emerging Economies University Rankings released Tuesday, up two spots from last year. The ranking, compiled by the London-based Times Higher Education (THE) magazine, this year listed 533 universities in 47 countries. Besides Taiwan, the only countries with schools in the top 10 are China, which bagged seven of the 10 places, Russia and South Africa.
A group of teenagers from Taiwan’s Tsou tribe is set to visit New Zealand Feb. 14-21 as part of Hawaiki Project, an initiative launched in 2018 to boost cultural exchange between the two countries’ indigenous groups.
A cross-party group of five former Taiwanese health ministers on Thursday urged the public to support a petition calling for Taiwan’s admission to the World Health Organization (WHO).
