Workers in Seychelles joined the rest of the world in commemorating International Labour Day on Saturday, May 1, a celebration that for a second straight year comes in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. In wishing everyone a Happy Labour Day, the President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, saluted all workers for braving one of the [...]
The regent of the Zulu nation and wife of South Africa's recently deceased Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini died unexpectedly on Thursday, the royal palace announced. "It is with the deepest shock and distress that the Royal Family announces the unexpected passing of Her Majesty Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, Regent of the Zulu Nation," Mangosuthu [...]
The Seychelles' Islands Development Company (IDC) on Friday revealed a new addition to its aviation fleet to meet the continuous demands coming from clients and operators for flights to outer islands. Dubbed S7-ALP after Alphonse, one of the islands managed by IDC, the newest addition is a Beechcraft 1900, the same model as two other crafts owned [...]
A first in a series of charter flights between Seychelles and Romania landed at the Pointe Larue International airport on Friday morning. The eight-hour non-stop flight operated by Air Seychelles' A320neo jetliner with 162 passengers landed at 9.50am. The flag carrier of Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, will operate a series of [...]
A massive stampede at a densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site killed at least 44 people in northern Israel on Friday, with rescue workers facing chaotic crowds while trying to evacuate the injured. The disaster occurred in Meron at the site of the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second-century Talmudic sage, where mainly [...]
A French development assistant programme has given Seychelles a grant of SCR1.7 million ($120,000) to develop three projects within the blue economy. The grant from the Solidarity Fund for Innovative Projects, Civil Societies, Francophonie and Human Development (FSPI) was presented by the Ambassador of France to Seychelles, Dominique Mas, to the Minister for Fisheries, Jean-Francois [...]
Seychelles on Thursday announced it had reached a deal to take full ownership of its national airline, Air Seychelles, following talks with Etihad Airways in which the UAE-based airline agreed to relinquish the 40-percent stake it holds at a steep discount, officials said. The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance, Patrick Payet, told [...]
The health authority in Seychelles is revising a travel advisory for India in view of a worsening of transmission of COVID-19 there, even as the island nation re-implements some restrictive social rules as the number of COVID cases is again rising at home. Seychelles Public Health Commissioner Jude Gedeon told a press conference that as [...]
India's coronavirus death toll shot past 200,000 Wednesday as a relentless wave of new cases swamped hospitals and sent desperate families out into the streets of the capital in search of oxygen supplies and medicine. Infection and death rates are soaring in the vast country of 1.3 billion people, in contrast with the United States [...]
Camion Hall – located next to the taxi stand in Victoria – is one of only a few places in Seychelles' capital that sells souvenirs and locally made items. Though not an iconic building, it is nevertheless historical and has a strong place in the craft industry of Seychelles. As Camion Hall celebrates its 30th anniversary [...]
