The first edition of the Seychelles Fashion Week Dubai scheduled for May 13 will provide participating designers a platform to connect with outlets and buyers, said the show's organiser. Launched at the Dubai Expo last year, Seychelles Fashion Week Dubai will be the commercial version of the annual fashion week held in the island nation. The [...]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday agreed a new pact worth over 500 million euros to stop illegal cross-Channel migration, at a summit in Paris aimed at forging a new start after years of Brexit tensions. The deal will see Britain step up funding to France to allow hundreds [...]
Seychelles and Japan will continue to work together in varying areas over the coming years, with relations between the two nations commemorated during a reception to honour Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Friday. Emperor Naruhito, who turned 63 on February 23, acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, 2019, beginning the Reiwa era, following the abdication of his father, Akihito. He is the [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan has congratulated Xi Jinping on his re-election as President of China, State House said on Friday. Xi Jinping, 69, was re-elected for a third term as president of China on Friday during a parliamentary session. In his congratulatory message, Ramkalawan described his Chinese counterpart's achievement as a testament to his leadership and [...]
Moving Seychelles forward and striving to give it the best possible reputation is part of what the government will continue to do, said President Wavel Ramkalawan in his State of the Nation address on Friday. Ramkalawan, who delivered his address in the National Assembly, said, "We have reached what we call mid-term and in a [...]
Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations. His appointment by China's rubber-stamp parliament comes after Xi locked in another five years as head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October. Since then, the 69-year-old [...]
Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq toppled Saddam Hussein, the oil-rich country remains deeply scarred by the conflict and, while closer to the United States, far from the liberal democracy Washington had envisioned. President George W. Bush's war, launched in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, is seared in memory for its "shock [...]
A group of nine individuals from different countries received their Seychellois citizenship certificates on Friday during a first-of-its-kind ceremony where the identities of successful applicants were made public. The individuals, who have Swiss, Kenyan, Irish, British, Malagasy, Thai, Italian, Ghanaian, and German nationalities were granted Seychellois citizenship under Articles 10 and 12 of the Constitution of Seychelles. [...]
The Seychelles Defence Forces have confirmed that around 1 tonne of heroin has been seized onboard a vessel in the Indian Ocean through a joint regional operation. Lieutenant Colonel Achille Mondon, the public relations officer of the Special Forces Unit, told SNA on Friday that "the target vessel was spotted in the west of Mahe, outside of [...]
Seychelles has received a donation of health equipment worth $735,000 from the Japanese government that is aimed at helping to raise the island nation's quality of health services. The Japanese ambassador to Seychelles, Ken Okaniwa, presented the equipment to the chief executive of the Health Care Agency, Danny Louange, in a short ceremony on Thursday at [...]
