Russia is looking forward to co-operating with Seychelles in several fields including space technology to help in the fight against the impact of climate change, the newly accredited Ambassador said on Tuesday. "We all have to fight with the negative consequences of climate change which is very important for this part of the world. This [...]
Travel was restricted across Italy from Tuesday and public gatherings were forbidden throughout the country as the government signed off on strict quarantine measures to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. Marriages and funerals were banned for more than three weeks and bars and restaurants were told to close at 6pm, with the prime [...]
Club Med is looking for job applicants in Seychelles, as the hotel searches for people to fill more than 400 positions before it opens in October. The former Beachcomber Sainte Anne Resort & Spa will reopen as Club Med following renovations to transform the hotel from 87 rooms to a 5-star resort of 295 rooms bringing [...]
The United Arab Emirates has coordinated the evacuation of Arab nationals from Wuhan City in China. The evacuees will be received at the newly established Emirates Humanitarian City in the UAE, and will undergo medical testing and monitoring to ensure their health and safety. The move follows the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa [...]
The global death toll from the new coronavirus passed 4,000 on Tuesday, according to AFP figures, as China reported 17 new deaths. The toll reached 4,011 in the outbreak that has spread to over 100 countries with more than 110,000 cases of infection. The epidemic has disrupted global travel and forced the cancellation of everything [...]
Seychelles on Monday announced it is temporarily closing down the island nation to cruise ships, a decision taken to protect the population from the threat of the COVID-19 virus but one that will also carry economic reverberations. Top government officials met on Monday to discuss the imminent arrival of a new cruise ship -- the [...]
The wife of South Africa's first novel coronavirus patient tested positive on Sunday becoming the third confirmed case in the country, the health authority said. All three of South Africa's confirmed cases were in a group of 10 people who had travelled to Italy, the health minister said in a statement. Italy has seen the [...]
A new research paper published recently on Seychelles' endemic white-throated rail has shown that through evolution the species has lost its ability to fly. The bird, found only on the remote atoll Aldabra, is being considered as one of the fastest examples of the evolution of loss of flight in birds to be documented. [...]
A fire engulfed a refugee shelter on the island of Lesbos Saturday as Greece announced further restrictions towards asylum seekers in response to a migration surge enabled by Turkey. The fire at One Happy Family, a Swiss-operated family care centre for refugees just outside the island capital, came after violence at the weekend directed at [...]
Revenue collected for the first-ever project to adopt a terrapin, turtle or a coral in Seychelles by a not-for-profit organisation is being used for monitoring and restoration activities to further protect these species. The project leader of the C(MCCS), Nora Von Xylander, told SNA that "if you have adopted a turtle or coral, you have [...]
