A new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and protocol between Seychelles and the European Union will be signed in January, the Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture said Thursday. Under the new six-year agreement, the EU will provide financial assistance worth 58 million euros to Seychelles. The minister, Charles Bastienne, led the Seychelles’ delegation at the fourth round of discussions [...]
Large blots of oil that have turned up on more than 130 Brazilian beaches are "very probably" of Venezuelan origin, Brazil's environment minister said on Wednesday. The oil began appearing in early September and has been seen along a 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) stretch of the northeastern Atlantic coast -- with around 130 tons of oil residue [...]
Exposure from radiofrequency electromagnetic fields radiation in Seychelles is well below recommended international guidelines for public exposure, a study has found. The research commissioned by the Seychelles’ Department for Information Communication Technology (DICT) was undertaken by consultants from Ls South Africa Communications Services (Pty) Ltd. The findings, as well as methodology used for the research, [...]
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted a major summit aimed at reviving Russia's influence in Africa, telling leaders from the continent he would seek to double trade in the coming years. All 54 African states were represented at the first Russia-Africa Summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, with Putin meeting leaders for bilateral [...]
A Seychellois entrepreneur is keeping alive the traditional plantation industry through the production of locally made virgin coconut oil. Mustafa Bristol initially started with cinnamon products for exportation at his distillery located at Grand Anse in the west of Mahe, the main island of the Seychelles’ archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. He then moved on [...]
Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Madagascar overnight after stone-throwing demonstrators stormed the construction site of a controversial urban expansion project, police said Tuesday. Madagascar's government has launched the construction of a shiny new urban complex meant to unclog the capital Antananarivo -- a city wedged between the hills of the island-nation's central [...]
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, shared the progress the island nation has made in ocean governance and marine protection in a meeting with Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. Faure, who was on a working visit to the United Kingdom, met with Prince William at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday morning, State House said. The Duke of [...]
European Council President Donald Tusk said Tuesday he will recommend EU leaders grant another Brexit extension, hours after British MPs rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bid to force his divorce deal through parliament this week. Tusk said he would advise the bloc's 27 other member states to accept a postponement request from the UK government, [...]
The Seychelles Constitutional Court will give its judgement on Nov. 26 in the petition brought by President Danny Faure against the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nicholas Prea. The Court comprising of Justices Ronny Govinden, Laura Pillay and Gustave Dodin convened on Tuesday morning and set the judgement date after both parties had made their submissions to the court. The petition is [...]
A moratorium in Seychelles on the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers will be removed after the island nation and Bangladesh signed a labour agreement on Monday. The agreement was signed by Seychelles’ minister of employment, immigration and civil status, Miriam Telemaque, and the Bangladeshi minister of expatriates welfare and overseas employment, Imran Ahmad. In her address, Telemaque said, “I wish [...]
