Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan and First Lady Linda Ramkalawan received a ceremonial welcome in the Maldives on Monday, as part of а state visit from June 11-14 undertaken on the invitation of Maldivian President a, according to a joint press statement. The visit is the first time a Seychellois head of state undertakes a state [...]
Works are progressing satisfactorily after one year into the project of constructing a centralised sewerage system for Seychelles' La Digue island, said the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC). The plant comprises two main components - the installation of a sewer collection system along the western coast of La Digue and the construction of a sewage treatment [...]
The Ethiopian government on Saturday criticised a move by two major aid organisations to halt the sending of food assistance to the country after discovering it was being diverted from those who need it. The Ethiopian government's spokesman Legesse Tulu told journalists the decision by USAID and the World Food Programme (WFP) "punishes millions". On [...]
Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister who reshaped Italy's political and cultural landscape while fending off multiple legal and sex scandals, has died aged 86, his spokesman confirmed to AFP Monday. The billionaire media mogul was admitted to a Milan hospital on Friday for what aides said were pre-planned tests related to his leukemia. His [...]
Seychelles is aiming at winning more gold medals at the 2023 Special Olympic World Games scheduled to take place in Berlin, Germany, from June 17 to June 25. Team Seychelles got its send off in a ceremony on Saturday at the L'Escale Resort for the delegation of 18 members. The Seychelles' flag was handed over [...]
Pope Francis's recovery from his recent hernia operation was steady, his doctors said Sunday. Francis underwent a three-hour operation at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday, the latest health procedure for the 86-year-old leader of the Catholic Church. The doctors said the pope does not have a fever and has completed respiratory physiotherapy. He [...]
Visitors to the island nation have a new activity to help them experience the Seychellois way of life, through history, culture, and cuisine, not from just anybody but from the wisest group of the society – the elders. Grandma's "savoir-faire", or know-how, is an initiative of the Seychelles National Heritage Resource Council (SNHRC) and allows [...]
Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early Saturday. The children, who survived a small plane crash in the jungle, were transported by army medical plane to a military airport at around 00:30 am Saturday (0530 [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan will undertake a state visit to the Maldives from June 10 to 14 at the invitation of the President of Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, according to State House on Saturday. "President Ramkalawan and President Solih have previously interacted on various international platforms and most recently met on the sidelines of the [...]
After an absence of four years, the popular Seychelles Regatta Festival will return along the northern Mahe beach of Beau Vallon from August 25-27 and funds raised will go towards the redevelopment of the site. The event, which will celebrate its golden anniversary this year, was officially launched on Saturday at La Plaine St Andre, [...]
