European leaders will charge EU negotiator Michel Barnier on Friday with negotiating a close trade deal with Britain, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apparent election win set the stage for an orderly Brexit. Some officials at the EU summit in Brussels expressed relief as exit polls arrived from across the Channel, predicting a workable parliamentary [...]
Seychelles has been placed in the 'Very High Development' group of the 2019 United Nations Human Development (UNDP) report, becoming the first African country to reach such a rank. Seychelles is 62nd out of 189 countries, scoring an index of 0.801. This score places the island nation in the very high development index along with [...]
The EU's top official Wednesday launched the bloc's new "Green Deal", hailing it as a strategy for jobs and economic growth, not just for cutting emissions. Unveiling the plan to the European Parliament, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen also warned against the steep cost of inaction. Earlier, she had compared the ambition of [...]
With only a handful of days to go before Christmas, the island nation sparkles in anticipation following the symbolic lighting of the Christmas tree and lights in Victoria - the capital city of Seychelles. SNA presents six buildings and areas which are alight, dazzling Victoria in ambience and festive spirit. Central Post Office [...]
A body recovered from the sea on Wednesday afternoon in the southern Baie Lazare district of Seychelles' main island has been identified as that of a Spanish doctor working for the Hunt Deltel company, said the police. According to the police, a search was on for the 68-year-old doctor who had been reported missing by [...]
Britain goes to the polls on Thursday to determine the immediate future of Brexit, in a vote described as the most important in a generation. More than 4,000 polling venues across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including a windmill, several pubs, a hair salon and a chip shop, open their doors at 0700 GMT [...]
The families and friends of Australian victims of the White Island volcano tragedy paid tribute to "wonderful" lost loved ones Wednesday and expressed doubt they were made aware of the risks of visiting the island. Seven of the nine people so far identified and named as missing by New Zealand police are from Australia. An [...]
Victoria -- the capital city of Seychelles -- is alight, sparkling and dazzling as the island nation kicks off the festive season. With Joy to the World resounding in the background, a ceremony was held on Tuesday where the Mayor of Victoria, David Andre, symbolically lit the biggest Christmas tree in the capital and officially [...]
Seychelles has received a $2 million donation from the United Arab Emirates to support medical specialisation. The handing over ceremony took place on Tuesday afternoon between the Seychelles’ health minister, Jean-Paul Adam, and the chargé d'affaires for UAE, Ahmed Saeed Alneyadi, at the Sheikh Khalifa diagnostic centre in Victoria. The Ministry of Health said the [...]
The French government will unveil the details of a pension reform plan Wednesday that has already seen workers down tools in anticipation, crippling transport for a week as hundreds of thousands took to the streets in protest. A speedy resolution appears unlikely, with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe warning Tuesday -- the sixth day of an [...]
