The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, will undertake an official visit to Austria from June 30 to July 4, State House said on Sunday. "The official visit of the President will focus on enhancing relations between Seychelles and Austria as well as to participate in the 5th Austrian World Summit, the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative themed: Healthy [...]
A container ship left adrift in the Indian Ocean after an engine room fire was being towed to Singapore on Saturday, Sri Lanka's navy said. The Indian coastguard helped extinguish the blaze after it erupted aboard the MV MSC Messina on Friday about 425 nautical miles (787 kilometres) from Port Blair in India's Andaman and [...]
Seychellois citizens who receive an inheritance should expect the process to run smoother after the National Assembly approved amendments to the Civil Code. With the three latest amendments, the Civil Code will come into force on July 1. The Civil Code provides the basic rules of law for the relationship between people. The aim of [...]
Seychelles and China have expressed their commitment to reinforce bilateral cooperation as they celebrate 45 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations. To mark the occasion, the Chinese Embassy in Seychelles hosted a reception on Friday evening at its headquarters in the central district of St Louis to celebrate the partnership and to renew bilateral [...]
The famine ravaging Madagascar -- the first country to experience such conditions due to climate change -- is forcing people to eat locusts, cactus fruits, leaves and even mud, and some are on the verge of starvation, a UN official warned Friday. The current situation -- brought on by years of persistent drought -- prompted [...]
Businesses in Seychelles will be able to access a market of 1.2 billion people after the National Assembly approved the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a top government official said on Friday. This agreement aims to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of business people [...]
Two Sri Lankan-registered vessels have been intercepted in the Seychelles' waters on suspicion of illegal fishing, the Seychelles People's Defence Forces (SPDF) said on Friday. SPDF said that the interception was made "in a coordinated operation carried out by the Seychelles Coast Guard, Seychelles Air Force, Special Forces Unit, and the National Information Sharing and [...]
Indian police said Friday that around 2,000 people were injected with fake Covid-19 vaccines in Mumbai, and another 500 -- some of them disabled -- may have suffered the same fate in a second major city. Vaccination rates rose sharply this week after the Indian government made shots free following a devastating pandemic surge in [...]
Staring into space or sobbing, family members of those missing in the Florida apartment building collapse waited in anguish for news of loved ones, while others scrambled for a place to live after their home was destroyed. The disaster in Surfside, near Miami Beach, left one person dead and 99 unaccounted for after the collapse [...]
Around 25 young people from Seychelles are learning that they can influence the national government's budget -- and that their generation will be obligated to pay off government debts -- in a virtual four-day session that will end on Friday. The session is being organised by the Transparency Initiatives Seychelles (TIS) and the U.S Embassy for [...]
