The two leaders in the National Assembly of Seychelles on Tuesday responded to the proposed budget for 2020 made by the Minister for Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning, Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, last Thursday. The Leader of the Opposition, Wavel Ramkalawan, said that a national budget apart from looking at the proposed figures should also analyse how [...]
President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that Iran would resume uranium enrichment at an underground plant south of Tehran in its latest step back from a troubled 2015 agreement with major powers. The suspension of all enrichment at the Fordow plant in the mountains near the Shiite holy city of Qom was one of the restrictions [...]
Mauritians will vote Thursday in an election that will see Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth vie to win a popular mandate two years after he was handed the top job when his father stepped down. Nearly a million voters are registered for the parliamentary election in Mauritius, a stable democracy in the Indian Ocean, which gained [...]
Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the stock market debut of energy giant Aramco, in what could be the world's biggest IPO, underpinning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ambitions to overhaul the kingdom's oil-reliant economy. After years of delay, Aramco said it plans to sell an unspecified number of shares on the Riyadh stock exchange, calling [...]
The Seychelles’ Ministry of Health has started a national vaccination campaign against German measles and measles as a prevention measure in the face of outbreaks in all regions of the world. The campaign started in October with the vaccination of all health care workers in Seychelles and will be followed by the vaccination of the general population in early 2020. [...]
A former President of Seychelles, James Michel, has indicated that he will testify before the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission, via video link on Tuesday this week, the chairperson of the Commission said. Gabrielle McIntyre told SNA through email that Michel’s office had informed the Commission that arrangements were being made for the former president to [...]
Millions of people in India's capital started the week Monday choking through "eye-burning" smog, with schools closed, cars taken off the road and construction halted. A poisonous haze envelops New Delhi every winter, caused by vehicle fumes, industrial emissions and smoke from agricultural burning in neighbouring states. But the current crisis has turned into the [...]
A British citizen who in 1971 oversaw the completion of Seychelles’ International Airport has realised his dream of revisiting the islands after 48 years away. Norman Rose, 91, spent three days on Mahe with his daughter Jennie Powling in a visit he contemplated for several years. Rose who stayed at the Avani Resort and Spa at [...]
South Africans white and black celebrated wildly on Saturday and expressed hopes that the Springboks' Rugby World Cup win, inspired by black captain Siya Kolisi, would bring the nation together. The significance of Kolisi lifting the trophy after a 32-12 victory over England in Yokohama resonated across South Africa. During the years of apartheid, rugby [...]
If you enjoy the Seychelles’ Creole cuisine but live in the United Kingdom, a newly opened Seychellois-owned restaurant is the place for you. The restaurant -- ‘Seychelles Gastronomy’-- which opened last week in the heart of Bournemouth — a coastal city 2.5 hours southwest of London — offers authentic Creole cuisine. It is the brainchild of Seychellois [...]
