The Cabinet of Ministers has given its approval for Seychelles to launch its airline incentive scheme aimed at revitalising air connectivity and boosting tourism in Seychelles. Vice President Ahmed Afif announced the scheme in a press conference at State House on Thursday morning. "The idea is to encourage airlines that fly non-stop to Seychelles for [...]
Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike killed three people near the southern city of Sidon on Sunday as more bombs fell in the country's east after Israel warned it would again hit Hezbollah targets there. In Israel, the military said it intercepted several projectiles fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory, while some fell in [...]
Luc Grandcourt, a recipient of the Seychelles' Medal of Honour in June 2023, is a retired seafarer, who at a very young age, decided to follow in his father's footsteps as a sailor. Grandcourt received the award for his bravery and quick thinking, which helped to save the lives of 22 passengers on board the [...]
Spain is deploying 10,000 more troops and police officers to the eastern Valencia region devastated by historic floods that have killed 211 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. Hopes of finding survivors were slim more than three days after torrents of muddy water submerged towns and wrecked infrastructure in the European country's worst [...]
Seychelles is looking to increase its air connectivity to the world and negotiations have been undertaken with a group of countries with the aim of getting more direct flights to the island nation, said a top government official recently. The Minister for Transport, Antony Derjacques, and the chief executive of the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA), [...]
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius blocked access to social media on Friday, just days ahead of a general election, as tensions mounted over a wire-tapping scandal. Mauritius has been gripped by the release of secret recordings of phone calls by politicians, journalists, members of civil society and even foreign diplomats that began to emerge [...]
Anecdotes are part of the Seychellois culture and heritage and one local artist keeps the tradition alive and retells them in his songs. Marc Dubel is a well-known artist in Seychelles and his music is unique as he focuses on stories of the past told by great-grandparents and includes supernatural events. Through his songs, Dubel gives people a chance to [...]
A 7 percent increase in the basic monthly salary for public workers earning less than SCR21,368 ($1,500) and the same increase on the minimum wage as of April 1 next year, are being proposed in the Seychelles' 2025 Budget presented by the Minister of Finance, National Planning and Trade, Naadir Hassan, on Thursday. Hassan is [...]
Seychelles launched the Africa Educates Her (AEH) campaign on Wednesday, joining three other African countries in efforts to safeguard young girls' rights to education. The campaign launched at the Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education (SITE) is an African Union-backed project. It is an advocacy platform for its member states and stakeholders to work for the protection of girls' [...]
Papua New Guinea's top diplomat has derided next month's COP climate gathering as "a total waste of time", saying Thursday that his nation will boycott the summit until "big polluters get their act together". "There's no point going if we are falling asleep because of jet lag because we're not getting anything done," Foreign Minister [...]
