Venice sought to return to normal life on Monday after a week of unprecedented flooding that devastated the city, submerging homes, business and cultural treasures. The wave of bad weather that struck throughout Italy -- from rivers of water rushing through the streets of the southern town of Matera to tornados in the Grosseto region [...]
The Seychelles Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of former tourism minister Alain St Ange in his case against the government, awarding him $12,000. St Ange said he would appeal the amount awarded. St Ange was suing the Seychelles’ government after his candidacy for the post of secretary-general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) was withdrawn [...]
The United Arab Emirates has gifted four jet skis to Seychelles to help fight the drug trade and other criminal activities affecting the island nation, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau said on Sunday. The high-speed Yamaha jet skis were handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Kishnan Labonte, by the Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy of the [...]
The Seychelles People’s Defence Forces said that the Cutlass Express exercise was a great opportunity for numerous countries to learn best practices in maritime security. The training spearheaded by the United States Naval Forces Africa in partnership with Canada, the European Union and the East African region, took place for nearly three weeks in October and [...]
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who spearheaded the brutal crushing of Tamil Tigers a decade ago, stormed to power Sunday but promised to be a president for all Sri Lanka's races and religions after a divisive election. Seven months after Islamist extremist attacks that killed 269 people, Rajapaksa was elected on Saturday on the back of a nationalist [...]
The contributions that elderly citizens – especially those from the island of La Digue - bring to the traditions and heritage of the Seychellois people are being highlighted in an exhibition. The event – part of the 34th edition of the Creole Festival - features a series of photographs of elderly men and women from [...]
Calls to overhaul the West African CFA franc, a currency tied to the euro and historically rooted in French colonial rule, raise a host of thorny problems, analysts say. Eight countries use the euro-pegged West African CFA franc, which enjoys unlimited convertibility with the euro. This is brought about by the countries depositing 50 percent [...]
The hearing-impaired community in Seychelles has its own sign language dictionary for the first time. The dictionary was launched last Saturday after 10 years of work in a ceremony held at the Citizenship Engagement Platform (CEPS) in Victoria, the capital. When presenting the dictionary, Annie Risler from the University of Lille, said that “it is intended to [...]
Sri Lankans voted Saturday for a new president in what could mark a comeback for the Rajapaksa clan, lauded by supporters for crushing the Tamil Tigers but condemned by critics for war crimes, corruption and cosying up to China. Despite tight security in an island that emerged from civil war only a decade ago and [...]
The impacts of excess runoff and sedimentation which occur during heavy rainfall will be reduced at a site in the north of Mahe now that trees are being planted as a rehabilitation measure. Around 250 native trees were planted along a large marsh that was previously polluted in an activity on Friday at the Seaview Road, North [...]
