Forecasters expect Hurricane Ian to cause life-threatening storm surges in the Carolinas on Friday after unleashing devastation in Florida, where it left a yet unknown number of dead in its wake. After weakening across Florida, Ian regained its Category 1 status in the Atlantic Ocean and was headed toward the Carolinas, the US National Hurricane [...]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the Central Bank of Seychelles for its transparency practices, according to a report published on Thursday. The bank "sets a high benchmark for transparency, given the economic, and financial development and literacy circumstances of Seychelles, which is recognised by the stakeholders, thus maintaining a high level of trust and accountability," [...]
Seychelles expects to have a facility that will help reduce the volume of waste on the landfill and produce energy in two years' time with the assistance of the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC), a top official said on Thursday. The environment minister, Flavien Joubert, made the statement to reporters after a meeting between local authorities [...]
US President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to "never, never, never" recognize the results of Russian-led referendums in Ukraine, which he called a "flagrant violation" of international principles. "I want to be very clear about this. The United States will never, never never recognize Russia's claims on Ukraine sovereign territory," Biden said as he met Pacific [...]
The head of the Eastern and Southern Africa Trade Development Bank (TDB), Admassu Tadasse, was in Seychelles from September 24-25 with a delegation of four to look for new avenues to support the island nation. TDB is already active in Seychelles in the field of tourism, real estate and telecommunication. SNA presents an interview [...]
Seychelles must work on rebuilding its economic buffers, said the head of an IMF mission currently in Seychelles to take a temperature of the island nation's economy. IMF Chief of Mission, Calixte Ahokpossi, made the statement to reporters on Thursday after paying a courtesy call on President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House. Ahokpossi said the second review report highlighted the [...]
The illegal possession of firearms case involving Mukesh and Laura Valabhji will be heard in two months' time, as the Supreme Court of Seychelles set December 1, 2022, as the date to start the hearing. In the meantime, the Seychelles Police last weekend disposed of expired grenades that were seized from the initial search operation, which [...]
A fourth leak has been detected in undersea gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe, the Swedish Coast Guard said Thursday, after explosions were reported earlier this week in suspected sabotage. "There are two leaks on the Swedish side and two leaks on the Danish side," a Swedish Coast Guard official said, after three leaks were [...]
Hurricane Ian slammed into the coast of southwest Florida as a monster Category 4 storm on Wednesday with powerful winds and torrential rains threatening "catastrophic" damage and flooding. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the eye of the "extremely dangerous" hurricane made landfall just after 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) on the barrier island of Cayo [...]
Seychelles Fashion Week, an event in which winners will get a chance to participate in the Paris Fashion week 2023, opened officially on Monday with a mixture of colours interpreted in casual and evening wear. This year's event, which was launched at the Maison Marengo in the eastern Mahe district of Au Cap, differs from the [...]
