Seychelles expects interruptions in telecommunication services from this Saturday evening to midday Sunday when the Seychelles Cable Systems Company undertakes maintenance work. The company said on Wednesday that according to measurements conducted in May it was determined that there is substantial signal degradation on the land sections of the Seychelles East Africa System (SEAS). "The [...]
Preliminary results from a national census show a general decline in the colony size of sooty terns nesting in Seychelles, as the species continues to face a number of challenges. The Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment in partnership with the Islands Development Company (IDC) and Island Conservation Society (ICS) carried out the census [...]
Mango House Seychelles is the fourth tourism establishment to open in Seychelles under the Hilton hotel and resort global brand, while the construction of two more have started, said a hotel official. Under its luxury collection brand LXR hotels & resorts, Hilton's Mango House Seychelles, located along the edge of Anse Aux Poules Bleues in [...]
Earth's wealthiest man Jeff Bezos spent a few minutes outside the planet's atmosphere Tuesday on Blue Origin's first crewed space mission -- a breakthrough moment for the space tourism sector that after years of delays is now poised for liftoff. The flawless 10-minute hop from a west Texas base to beyond the Karman line -- [...]
The Seychelles' former President, Danny Faure, launched his foundation last month to coincide with World Oceans Day. SNA spoke with the former leader about the Danny Faure Foundation, the idea behind this new initiative and what it means for Seychelles' sustainable development. SNA: The Foundation focuses on five pillars - ocean governance, blue economy, [...]
The interim prime minister who has run Haiti since the assassination of president Jovenel Moise agreed Monday to step aside and make way for an inclusive government that will hold elections, raising guarded hopes for more stability in the violence-wracked nation. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph will hand over Tuesday to a new government whose [...]
Seeking ways to support long-term programmes as traditional funding dry out, Nature Seychelles, with the support of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Porini Foundation, on Monday launched the world's first digital species. According to Nature Seychelles, the Seychelles magpie robin is being offered for sale as the first ever digital [...]
Air Seychelles, the national carrier, will make a series of charter flights next month to Kazakhstan in central Asia, the airline said on Monday. The series flights by the airline's A320neo jetliner of 168 seats is expected to bring over 500 visitors to the Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. The first Air [...]
More than a dozen diplomatic missions in Afghanistan on Monday called for "an urgent end" to the Taliban's ruthless military offensive, saying it was at odds with claims they want to secure a political deal to end the conflict. The statement -- signed by the United States, the European Union, and more than a dozen [...]
Seychelles has exchanged $75 million of treasury bills into treasury bonds of varying maturity as part of its recent liability management operation, a top official said on Monday. The liability management operation was conducted through a debt restructuring on July 14 where in accordance with Section 7 of the Public Debt Management Act, 2008, the [...]
