Visitors to the islands of Seychelles now have a wider choice and access to local artworks at affordable prices with the opening of a new gallery at the Domaine Val de Pres, arts and craft village, Au Cap, on Mahe Island. Located in the beautiful 'Grann Kaz' plantation house – a large wooden house dating back [...]
Britain's ruling Conservatives on Friday held the former seat of ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but saw hefty majorities in two other constituencies evaporate as voters responded to scandals during his tenure and high inflation. Rishi Sunak had been expected to become the first prime minister in decades to lose three parliamentary seats in one day. [...]
An opportunity has opened for one Seychellois national to advance their ocean-related project or idea in a five-day learning visit to the Nekton Foundation in Oxford, United Kingdom (UK), through an Ocean Innovation Award launched by the Danny Faure Foundation. A first of its kind, the Ocean Innovation Award seeks to motivate Seychellois to come [...]
Team Seychelles going to the 9th Francophone Games in the Democratic Republic of Congo was given its official send-off in a small ceremony on Thursday afternoon at L'Escale Resort Marina and Spa on Mahe. The Games are scheduled to take place in Kinshasa from July 28 to August 6, and Seychelles has 16 athletes, as well as a [...]
The Electoral Commission of Seychelles has inaugurated a Delimitation of Boundaries Committee tasked with providing data necessary to establish how extensively electoral boundaries are to be adjusted in the country. The chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Danny Lucas, outlined on Friday that it is important to look at the number of inhabitants in each electoral [...]
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday dismissed the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vadym Prystaiko, after he criticised the president's response to a row over British military aid. Prystaiko had criticised Zelensky's sarcastic response to suggestions from British defence minister Ben Wallace that Ukraine should show more gratitude for arms supplies from its allies. [...]
New Zealand beat Norway 1-0 for a first Women's World Cup win ever and Australia battled past Ireland by the same scoreline on a triumphant opening day for the co-hosts on Thursday. Both games played out to bumper crowds -- the more than 42,000 who witnessed a piece of history at Auckland's Eden Park was [...]
Vladimir Putin, who is under an international arrest warrant, will not attend in-person, a BRICS nations summit in South Africa next month, Pretoria said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation over whether the Russian President would show up. Putin's potential visit has been a thorny diplomatic issue for Pretoria. The Russian leader is the target [...]
The population of Seychelles is 119,878, according to the latest estimated figures of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), following a population and housing census completed in 2022. The figures for the census in 2010 was 89,770 and the latest results show an additional 30,108 inhabitants, an increase of 33 percent. According to NBS, the [...]
African fishermen, mostly from Senegal and Ivory Coast who work on dozens of European Union vessels that operate in West Africa and the Indian Ocean, took part in a strike that lasted from June 5-8, alleging wage violations. Around 40 vessels flying the European Union (EU) flag are allowed to fish in Seychelles waters under [...]
