Seychelles' efforts to implement the standards of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) have been recognised by the FiTI International Board with a score of 'meaningful progress' in the first validation of the island nation. In its final Compliance Statement published on Wednesday, the Board congratulated Seychelles for this achievement, which demonstrates that significant aspects of the [...]
The ways in which the Southern African Development Community (SADC) can contribute to Seychelles in important areas like tourism was one of the subjects discussed between President Wavel Ramkalawan and the executive secretary of the organisation on Friday. SADC's executive secretary, Elias Magosi, who met with Ramkalawan at State House, told reporters that a number [...]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised victory against Russia on Friday on the one-year anniversary of Europe's largest conflict since World War II, as commemorations were held by Kyiv's Western allies. "We endured. We were not defeated. And we will do everything to gain victory this year," Zelensky said in a statement released on social media. [...]
Adequate compliance measures and whether all fisheries sectors are being targeted were raised in a meeting by the implementation committee of the Seychelles' Mahe Plateau trap and line fishery co-management plan on Thursday. The committee, made up of several partners including fishermen's associations, met to iron out the details of the management plan aimed at protecting [...]
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to demand Russia immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the war with a call for a "just and lasting" peace. Ukraine earned strong backing in a nonbinding vote that saw 141 of the 193 UN members in support, seven opposed and 32, [...]
The setting up of an up-to-date regulatory framework governing the operations of payment, clearing, settlement systems and retail payment services in Seychelles was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers this week. In a Cabinet press briefing on Thursday, Vice-President Ahmed Afif said that as payment systems have evolved in a rapid manner in the country, it is essential to [...]
The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has given the approval for a new payment service provider to operate in the island nation with a company aiming to bring e-money as their first product. "The company, Nebula FinTech Limited, made their application in September 2022 and after reviewing their documents, CBS has approved their licence to [...]
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth complications, despite maternal mortality rates dropping by a third in 20 years, the United Nations said Thursday. Rates fell significantly between 2000 and 2015 but largely stagnated between 2016 and 2020 -- and in some regions have even reversed, the UN said. The overall [...]
Seychelles' relations with the Russian Federation date back to the Soviet Union period of Russian history when the Soviet government established diplomatic relations with Seychelles on June 30,1976, the day after the island nation was given independence by the British government. A year later, when the then Prime Minister France-Albert Rene led a coup d'état [...]
The UN Development Programme proposed on Wednesday reducing the debt of 52 low and middle-income countries, two days before G20 finance ministers meet in India. The countries which are either in debt distress or at high risk of debt distress, account for more than 40 percent of the world’s poorest people and have trouble maintaining [...]
