Barclays Bank Seychelles officially changed its name to Absa Bank Seychelles on Monday, marking the start of a new era. Despite the name change, local branches will continue to operate as usual. Barclays ATM cards will continue to work until their date of expiry. The name change was done in a ceremony on Monday evening at [...]
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that the novel coronavirus was a "very grave threat" for the planet as it hosted the first major conference on fighting the epidemic. About 400 scientists were taking part in the two-day international meeting in Geneva which will review how the virus is transmitted and possible vaccines against [...]
Monitoring and research, coastal protection infrastructure, risk-based spatial planning and capacity building are priority areas for coastal management in Seychelles, said a high government official. According to a communiqué from the Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, the Principal Secretary for Climate Change and Energy, Wills Agricole, made this statement at a high level meeting [...]
Severe coastal erosion taking place along Seychelles’ coastline because of climate change and infrastructural development is forcing the authorities to come up with measures to remediate the situation, said a top official. The senior climate adaptation officer at the Ministry for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Annie Simeon, told SNA last week strong waves [...]
African Union leaders vowed on Monday to push peace efforts in Libya, a sign of the bloc's desire to play a bigger role in resolving the continent's conflicts. The AU leadership has complained about being overlooked in Libya-related peacemaking efforts, which have been led primarily by the UN and heavily involved European nations. As the [...]
Air Seychelles' ground handling department surpassed the 1 million passenger threshold in 2019 as a result of an increase in the frequency of flights to Seychelles and the arrival of new airlines. According to the airline, between January and December 2019, the ground handling department handled 475,029 incoming and 533,686 outgoing passengers amounting to 1,008,715 [...]
Seychelles has signed the Africa Medicine Agency Treaty which helps African nations ensure safe and affordable access to quality medical products, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. The treaty was signed by Seychelles' Vice President Vincent Meriton on the sidelines of the 33rd ordinary session of the African Union Assembly taking place in Addis [...]
Since the Outbreak of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus, it has drawn the high attention of the world, including Seychelles. The different sectors of Seychelles show great concern about the situation and have many questions about it. Today I would like to give a response to the questions they mostly focus on. [...]
Australia's months-long bushfires crisis will likely be over within days, officials said Monday as heavy rainfall extinguished several massive blazes and was forecast to douse dozens more as downpours swept south. Days of torrential rains have caused flash flooding in New South Wales and Queensland, dampening once-raging fires that volunteers had battled in vain for [...]
A list published by the Mail Online puts Seychelles amongst the top 20 most expensive countries to live in. Switzerland topped the list of 132 countries which was released this week. Norway, Iceland, Japan, and Denmark were ranked second to fifth on the list. The island nation’s ranking on the list places it first in [...]
