China suspended US warship visits and sanctioned American NGOs on Monday in retaliation for the passage of a bill backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The financial hub has been rocked by nearly six months of increasingly violent unrest demanding greater autonomy, which Beijing has frequently blamed on foreign influence. Last week US President Donald [...]
A newly established dairy producer -- Maurilait Seychelles -- launched its production plant in the island nation last week and is offering consumers a variety of locally produced yoghurts. The Minister of Health, Jean-Paul Adam, said it is a great achievement to have a production like this established in Seychelles. "It adds value in our [...]
US President Donald Trump's attorney said on Sunday that the White House will not participate in congressional hearings set for Wednesday that will consider passing impeachment articles against the president. "We cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear whether the [...]
HIV/AIDS cases in Seychelles are more common among men, a fact attributed to factors such as intravenous drug use and men having sex with men, said a top health official. From January to September 2019, Seychelles recorded 77 new HIV/AIDS cases among which 49 were men and 28 were women. In 2018, there were 120 newly [...]
Iraqis kept up angry anti-government protests in Baghdad and the south on Saturday to demand a broad overhaul of a system seen as corrupt and under the sway of foreign powers, a day after the premier vowed to quit. Protesters have hit the streets since early October in the largest grassroots movement Iraq has seen [...]
Seychelles Fashion Week is a great way to gain confidence on the catwalk and get more international exposure through foreign designers, media houses and instructors, a local model said. Fifty Seychellois models alongside 10 of their international counterparts are participating in the second edition of the Seychelles Fashion Week, which kicked off November 25. The [...]
The Victoria hospital as it was known back then was opened on Sunday, November 30, 1924. Today 95 years later, the Seychelles Hospital has expanded, modernized and is seen as the cradle of the island nation’s health. Walking down memory lane to that day, the inauguration was seen as a very important event in the [...]
India, anxious to counter China's influence in the region, on Friday offered hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Sri Lanka as the island's new president made his maiden overseas trip in New Delhi. Gotabaya Rajapaksa's visit to India just 12 days after he became president is being intensely watched as New Delhi and [...]
Seychelles will get 10 million euros from the European Union under a new contract to support the island nation's implementation of the current Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The contract agreement was signed on Thursday, marking the launch of the long term technical assistance programme under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF). The objectives of the [...]
The Seychelles Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed the petition brought by President Danny Faure against the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nicholas Prea. The petition was in relation to the annulment by the National Assembly of a regulation which makes provision for a five percent increase across the board for government employees, meaning higher-paid employees would receive [...]
