EU leaders on Thursday told Seychellois politicians that they want to join the island nation on the issue of the environment and climate change at the upcoming U.N. environmental conference known as COP26. The leaders spoke during the eighth EU-Seychelles Political Dialogue, an annual event to discuss progress, issues and challenges. This year's meeting was co-chaired by [...]
The UK government on Thursday announced a dramatic reduction to its coronavirus travel "red list", scrapping bans on foreigners travelling to England from 47 countries. Under the new rules that come into effect from 0300 GMT on Monday October 11, only seven countries -- Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela -- [...]
People in Seychelles who have taken both doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 at least six months ago are being encouraged to come forward to take a third dose in a bid to boost their immune response against the virus. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a news conference Thursday that a third dose [...]
Defamation is no longer a crime under the Seychelles Penal Code after the National Assembly passed an amendment to remove it on Wednesday. Vice President Ahmed Afif presented the proposal to remove sections 184 and 191 from chapter 18 in the Penal Code to the Seychelles National Assembly on Wednesday following recommendations from the Attorney General's office. Section [...]
Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum authorised the use of spying software to hack the phone of his ex-wife, according to a British court ruling published on Wednesday. The phone of Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, 47, and those of her lawyers and others in her entourage were hacked using Pegasus spyware during the [...]
The government of Seychelles recently removed a moratorium on the allocation of industrial state land nine months after it came into force, while new policies to guide the new application process were also introduced. SNA spoke to the chief executive of the Industrial Estates Authority, Roy Collie, on the new policies and procedures once the plot of [...]
The widow of slain Haitian president Jovenel Moise gave witness testimony Wednesday to a magistrate investigating the July assassination of her husband, an attack in which she herself was seriously wounded. Former Haitian first lady Martine Moise, wearing a black dress, arrived with a large entourage of police and heavily armed foreign bodyguards at the [...]
The European Union has removed Seychelles from tax haven blacklist after the island nation amended its legislation to bring it in line with international standards, a top government official said on Wednesday. The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance, Patrick Payet, told reporters that "the government has welcomed the good news and remains [...]
President Emmanuel Macron will host a conference on Africa on Friday billed as an attempt to engage directly with young people as he aims to readjust France's relationship with the continent. Instead of other heads of state and premiers, Macron is inviting hundreds of young businesspeople, artists and sports figures to the southern city of [...]
The Seychelles' government has launched a scheme to return undeveloped land acquired or purchased by the state from 1977 to 1993, the Vice President announced on Tuesday. Under the scheme, persons wishing to lodge claims for the return of land will have three months to do so. The scheme started on October 1 after being approved [...]
