Events in the year 2018 in Nauru .
10 January – Australian High Commissioner to Nauru Angela Tierney presents her credentials to President Waqa.[ 1]
30 January – The Nauruan government lifts a temporary ban on Facebook started in 2015.[ 2]
12 February – Nauru and South Ossetia abolish visa requirements for visits shorter than 90 days.[ 3]
18 February – Thirty-five refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in Los Angeles in the United States .[ 4]
25 February – Twenty-six refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[ 5]
4 March – Twenty-nine refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[ 6]
13 March
9 April – Charisma Amoe-Tarrant wins Nauru a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Women's +90kg weightlifting event in Gold Coast, Australia .[ 9] [ 10]
30 April – Sixteen refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[ 11]
1 June – Nauru nationals are granted visa-free entry to Taiwan for visits up to 30 days.[ 12]
15 June – An Iranian asylum seeker's body is found in an Australian offshore processing centre on Nauru. The asylum seeker committed suicide, the third in processing centres on Nauru to do so.[ 13]
2 July – Nauru announces plans to block the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from attending and covering the Pacific Islands Forum in September.[ 14]
8 July – Twenty-three refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[ 15]
22 July – Thirty-six refugees leave Nauru for resettlement in the United States.[ 16]
4 September – Television New Zealand reporter Barbara Dreaver is detained by the Nauru Police Force following an interviews with refugees.[ 17]
13 September – Justice Geoff Muecke grants the Nauru 19 a permanent stay on their case tied to a protest in 2015.[ 18]
4 December – The Nauru Court of Appeals formally opens.[ 19]
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Nauru partners with the company DeepGreen Resources for future deep sea mining .[ 20] [ 21]
A coalition of Australian human rights groups set 20 November as a deadline for removing refugee from offshore detention centres in Nauru.[ 22]
^ "President Waqa receives new Australian High Commissioner to Nauru" . Loop Nauru . January 10, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "Nauru Government removes temporary restriction on Facebook" . Loop Nauru . January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "Nauru Government removes temporary restriction on Facebook" . Radio New Zealand . January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "More refugees leave Nauru for US" . Radio New Zealand . February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "More refugees leave Nauru for resettlement" . Loop Nauru . February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "More refugees leave Nauru for America" . Loop Nauru . March 5, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Doherty, Ben (3 April 2018). "Nauru's former president accuses Australia of being complicit in 'political prosecution' " . The Guardian . Retrieved 8 June 2023 .
^ "Nauru appoints Justice Muecke to Supreme Court Bench" . Loop Nauru . March 14, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "Feagaiga Stowers secures Samoa's second gold medal" . Samoa Observer . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "Event Schedule - Women's +90kg" . Gold Coast 2018 . Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "More Nauru refugees sent to be resettled in the US" . Loop Nauru . April 30, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "Taiwan grants visa-free entry to Nauru nationals" . Loop Nauru (Press release). May 31, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Doherty, Ben; Vasefi, Saba (June 15, 2018). "Iranian asylum seeker dies by suicide on Nauru" . The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "Nauru bans Australian Broadcasting Corporation from Pacific Islands Forum" . IFEX . July 5, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "More Nauru refugees leave for US" . Loop Nauru . July 9, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "US resettlement of refugees on Nauru continues as Australians protest" . Loop Nauru . July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Davidson, Helen (September 4, 2018). "New Zealand reporter detained by police on Nauru after refugee interviews" . The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "Permanent stay for Nauru anti government protestors" . Radio New Zealand . 13 September 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2023 .
^ "First sitting of the Nauru Court of Appeal" . Loop Nauru (Press release). December 14, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ "Nauru partners with deep sea mining company on quest for sustainable future" . Loop Nauru (Press release). July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Davison, Janet (August 5, 2018). "Murky waters" . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .
^ Davidson, Helen (August 19, 2018). "Human rights groups set deadline to get all refugee children off Nauru" . The Guardian . Retrieved February 1, 2023 .