Hundreds of Russians visited the grave of dead Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday, risking arrest to pay tribute to the anti-corruption campaigner for a second day running. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic for more than a decade, died in an Arctic prison colony last month, where he was serving a 19-year sentence [...]
Boxer Keddy Agnes and swimmer Felicity Passon have been crowned Seychelles' Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year 2023. The two athletes, who were both not present at Friday's Sports Award ceremony, were both represented by their mothers, who picked up their prestigious trophies from Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan at the event held at the Berjaya [...]
Seychellois citizens living, working, or studying in France, Great Britain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can make their application and procedures to obtain their biometric passport as of March 1 without having to come to the island nation. The announcement was made by the Department of Immigration and Civil Status in a press release [...]
Seychellois individuals between 20 to 30 years old are being allowed to become an ambassador of the International Olympic Academy (IOA) from which they will get the chance to travel to the birthplace of the Olympics. The National Olympic Academy of Seychelles (NOAS) recently launched a call for applicants. One male and one female will [...]
Seychelles' first aquaculture containerised echinoderm hatchery, which is a temporary sea urchin structure, opened at Providence on Thursday as part of the island state's efforts to push forward its aquaculture sector. Located at the Providence fishing port on the main island of Mahe, the new temporary hatchery has two containers equipped with customised equipment. The hatchery was [...]
Students from Seychelles who have qualified for a government scholarship for university studies met with representatives from the Ministry of Education on Thursday to learn more about the courses being offered to them. A group of 178 students coming from the School of Advanced Level Studies (SALS), Seychelles Business Studies Academy (SBSA) and other professional [...]
The United Nations on Wednesday started pulling peacekeepers out of Democratic Republic of Congo, moving to end a 25-year presence as conflict surges in the east of the long-troubled African state. DR Congo demanded the withdrawal of the remaining 13,500 troops and 2,000 police in regions bordering Rwanda and Burundi despite international concerns over rampant [...]
Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire on Palestinians scrambling for food aid on Thursday in a chaotic incident that the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said killed more than 100 people. Though there were conflicting reports on how the pre-dawn incident unfolded, the Israeli military said a "stampede" occurred when thousands [...]
Seychelles, together with other member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO), is working on a treaty that will have several guidelines to better prepare the world in the event of another pandemic, a top health official said on Thursday. The Minister for Health, Peggy Vidot, told reporters that the proposal, which has garnered criticisms [...]
A first batch of corals will be ready to be transplanted by July this year from the first regenerative coral aquaculture facility being built on Praslin, said Dr Nirmal Shah, the chief executive of Nature Seychelles, a not-for-profit environmental organisation. The regenerative coral aquaculture facility designed to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on coral reefs in Seychelles is a highly innovative project and the first [...]
