Reigning champions France take on England in a World Cup knock-out match for the first time on Saturday, after favourites Brazil were dumped out in the quarter-finals to blow the tournament wide open. Morocco will bid to become the first African or Arab nation to ever reach the semi-finals but face a Portugal side who [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan on Friday joined other heads of state and government and high-level dignitaries at the official opening of the Summit of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) taking place in Angola. According to a press release from State House, during the event, statements and cultural performances were delivered and the first address was by the Secretary-General [...]
Authorities in Seychelles are considering the possibility of demarcating areas important for biodiversity and conservation and for those that are on private land, they are consulting with respective landowners to get their approval. The project included a two-year research project conducted by four consultants -- Bruno Senterre, Rachel Bristol, Gilberte Gendron and Dr. Elvina Henriette [...]
Work is being done to remove the wreckage of a vessel at the ex-Seychelles Coast Guard pier located at Bois de Rose ahead of the Port Victoria expansion and rehabilitation project. A complete hydrographic survey of the Seychelles harbour and the Seychelles Coast Guard pier area is also being carried out. Organised by the U.S. Embassy to Mauritius [...]
Footballers are more likely to develop worse brain health beyond the age of 65 than the population at large, according to a study published Friday. The SCORES project, based at the University of East Anglia in eastern England, uses online systems to assess individuals' cognitive function and monitor brain health decline. The project involves 145 [...]
A planned pilot project for prawn farming has started on Seychelles' Coetivy Island with the arrival of a first batch of the whiteleg shrimp post-larvae, Islands Development Company (IDC) said on Wednesday. According to IDC, the first batch of 150,000 whiteleg shrimp post-larvae, imported by air freight from Singapore, landed in Seychelles on Wednesday and [...]
Seychelles is in the final stages of negotiation of two project agreements for the installation of a 5-megawatt photovoltaic panel in the Providence Lagoons, which will be the country's first independent power producer (IPP) project, said a top official. The principal secretary for climate change and energy, Tony Imaduwa, told SNA that there are two agreements pertaining to [...]
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince met Thursday on an Arab outreach visit that has earned a rebuke from Washington, reaching deals in areas including energy and infrastructure. Agreements worth about $30 billion were to be signed, Saudi state media said, as China seeks to shore up its Covid-hit economy and [...]
Peru's new President Dina Boluarte was under pressure Thursday to calm the political turmoil in the country, a day after the dramatic arrest of her predecessor, who stands accused of attempting a coup. The South American country's first-ever woman leader asked the opposition for a truce as she prepared to form a government, as doubt [...]
Citizens of Seychelles have, since last month, received for the first time a new biometric passport. The biometric passport has a microchip with data such as fingerprints, facial recognition and digital signature elements. The new passport proudly bears some key environmental and cultural features related to the island nation’s natural and historical heritage. In this week’s [...]
