South Africa on Sunday paid an official tribute to FW de Klerk, the final president of white rule, who freed Nelson Mandela from prison and steered the country from apartheid to democracy. De Klerk died on November 11 aged 85 following a battle with cancer. Four days of national mourning were declared in his honour. [...]
The opportunity to buy artwork at a reduced price is here again as the Arterial Network Seychelles prepares to host the eighth edition of the 'Affordable Art Fair' at the Eden Art Space gallery on Eden Island. The annual event gives the gallery the opportunity to offer work at a lower price than what it [...]
The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has recorded its first two infections of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, both linked to people returned from South Africa, with a dozen more contact cases feared. Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal told a press conference on Friday the pair were asymptomatic and had tested negative the day before. "They [...]
All Seychellois seafarers who worked on EU vessels and are owed backpay will be paid by the end of December, a top official said. "We want to finish paying everyone their compensation by the end of this month. Should we start doing so on the 15th December, we should be done in five to six [...]
The sixth suspect in the case of the missing $50 million was released on a record $2 million bail with conditions by the Seychelles Supreme Court on Friday. Justice Rony Govinden, the presiding judge, ordered that the high-profile civilian, a 63-year-old woman who was arrested a little before 11 am at her residence on November [...]
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday dismissed a petition for diplomatic immunity raised by the Aircel founder and businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, a naturalised Seychellois, who is being prosecuted for money laundering cases in India. According to the LiveLaw court news report, the petition was filed in 2019 by Sivasankaran known as Siva, who claimed [...]
At least 53 migrants crammed into a truck traveling at high speed were killed Thursday in Mexico after the vehicle overturned in the southern state of Chiapas, a major transit point for those trying to reach the United States. Thousands of people attempt the long and hugely dangerous journey, often seeking a life free of [...]
Air Seychelles will operate flights to Madagascar on December 16 and January 10 following demand from the local market, the airline said on Thursday. The flight HM755 on December 16 will leave Seychelles at noon and HM754 will return from the airport of Antananarivo at 2.30 pm. On January 10, the flight HM755 will leave [...]
France has no plans to join the US and others with a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, calling such a move "insignificant". "To be clear: You either have a complete boycott, and not send athletes, or you try to change things with useful actions," he told a [...]
A newly launched biometric corridor at the Seychelles International Airport enables faster, contactless health screening of inbound travellers to the island nation, a top govnerment official said. Designed by Travizory, a border security firm, the biometric corridor features state-of-the art cameras and biometric engines powered by artificial intelligence to match new arrivals to Seychelles' database [...]
