The health, social and financial sectors are areas that Seychelles and Spain have identified as having potential for further cooperation while fisheries and maritime security remain top priorities. The newly accredited Spanish ambassador to Seychelles, Manuel Palma, spoke after he presented his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House, Victoria, on Tuesday. Palma outlined [...]
Sydney's five million residents will be in virus lockdown for at least another two weeks, state premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Wednesday, rejecting calls to tighten restrictions further. Australia's largest city is already in its third week of a partial lockdown and struggling to bring a fast-spreading outbreak of the coronavirus Delta variant under control. [...]
Seychelles' Olympians received a special send-off at State House on Tuesday before heading to the Olympic Games in Tokyo next week. The five Seychellois athletes competing in the July 23 to August 8 Games are swimmers Felicity Passon and Simon Bachmann, laser sailor Rodney Govinden, judoka Nantenaina Finesse and hurdles sprinter Ned Azemia. In a [...]
Pope Francis, 84, continues to recover and will return home "as soon as possible" from hospital following surgery on his colon, the Vatican said on Tuesday. "The Holy Father is continuing his planned treatment and rehabilitation, which will allow him to return to the Vatican as soon as possible," spokesman Matteo Bruni said. The pope [...]
Authorities in Seychelles have caught six Sri Lankan vessels on suspicion of illegal fishing in the island nation’s waters in the last 12 months, a top official said on Tuesday. Johnny Louys, manager of control and surveillance in the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) made the statement in response to a question from Philip Arrissol, Member [...]
The Covid pandemic caused an estimated 18 percent increase in the number of people facing hunger, a UN report released on Monday found, dealing a massive setback to efforts to ensure everyone has access to food. The world was already off track to achieve its goal of eradicating hunger by 2030, but the report warned [...]
Seychelles is looking to harmonise the Trafficking in Persons Act, the penal code and other relevant laws following recommendations made at a three-day scenario-based training exercise to strengthen coordination on the issues of trafficked persons. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) led the excercise following the government's request for training to strengthen [...]
Buildings were set on fire and properties looted in South Africa on Monday as unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week continued for a fourth day. The country's top court, which ordered Zuma jailed for refusing to appear before a corruption probe, is holding a review of its decision with a [...]
Seychelles saw a six-fold growth in visitor arrivals from the first quarter to the second, a surge that a top government official called encouraging. According to figures published by the National Bureau of Statistics this week, 43,659 visitors arrived in Seychelles during the second quarter of 2021, compared with 6,785 in the first quarter. From May [...]
Italy wrecked England's Euro 2020 party at Wembley on Sunday, winning a tense final on penalties to plunge the host nation into despair and prolong their 55-year wait for a second major title. Roberto Mancini's men recovered from the shock of conceding the quickest goal ever in a European Championship final to equalise and held [...]