Fireworks illuminated skies over Paris, Rio and Sydney to celebrate the entry to 2024, while in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine, rockets and strikes marked the year's earliest hours. Much of the world's population -- now more than eight billion -- is hoping to shake off high living costs and global tumult in 2024, which will [...]
Seychelles welcomed the new year 2024 with a street party in the car park of Stad Popiler in the centre of the capital of Victoria that included live performances from well known musical groups and artists. The festivities started at 6 p.m. on December 31 with the countdown to welcome the New Year and went on until 2 a.m [...]
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan presented his good wishes for the New Year 2024 to the people of Seychelles in a televised address on the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) TV on Sunday evening. “Yes, we all love our country and each day when we open our eyes, and at night before we rest, we look up [...]
London's Big Ben on Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of its "bongs" to ring in the New Year being broadcast live across the world. Ever since New Year's Eve 1923 when BBC engineer A.G. Dryland clambered onto a roof opposite the British parliament to record the strikes, live transmission has become an annual tradition. The [...]
Visitor arrivals to Seychelles from January 1 to December 24, 2023, surpassed the figures for the same period in 2022 by 6 percent according to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the figures released by the NBS on December 28, 342,303 visitors came to Seychelles compared to 324,386 for [...]
The late member of the Seychelles National Assembly, Rosie Bistoquet, who was found dead at home last week, was laid to rest in an official ceremony held at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Victoria on Saturday. Bistoquet was a resident of the Pointe Larue district and was born on July 26, 1961. She served her first [...]
The WHO called for urgent action Friday to tackle the deepening health and humanitarian crises in Sudan and asked the international community to step up with financial aid. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said the majority of health facilities in Sudanese regions affected by the war were not working, due [...]
The Seychelles' Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade on Friday announced the resignation of Siana Bistoquet from her role as chief executive of the Seychelles Trading Company (STC). The ministry said in a communique that Bistoquet has tendered her resignation citing health reasons and that Minister Naadir Hassan and the STC board of directors have respectfully [...]
Authorities in Seychelles are better equipped to measure weather changes, and accurately record the amount of rainfall with the launch of the Seychelles Meteorological Authority Observation Network Evolution (SMA-ONE). The network consists of 15 different stations on Mahe, the main island, that are all connected to the main SMA station at the International Airport at Pointe Larue. Vincent [...]
Western powers on Thursday condemned Iran accelerating its production of highly enriched uranium, after a watchdog said it had upped manufacture following months of slowdown. In a joint statement, Britain, France, Germany and the US said they "condemn this measure that further aggravates the continued escalation of the Iranian nuclear programme," adding that "Iran's production [...]
