The Seychelles’ capital Victoria has a new waterfront garden which will provide a place for live entertainment and a meeting place for locals and visitors. Named ‘La Passerelle,’ the garden is an initiative of Mayor David Andre to liven up the capital of the 115-island archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. It was officially opened [...]
Barclays Bank Seychelles will start to roll-out the new Absa brand design at its branches as of Monday, a top official said. The roll-out is part of the rebranding ahead of the bank’s full transformation which will include changing the name to Absa group by mid-2020. The bank’s representatives, led by the Managing Director Johan Van [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday, where he is set to seal oil agreements as well as use his influence to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf. The meeting with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman comes following attacks on Saudi oil installations that Riyadh and the US have [...]
More than 25 artists in Seychelles came together to exhibit their work to celebrate the fifth anniversary of ‘Noular Sesel’ (Seychelles Arts) in an exhibition that opened last week. Coinciding with and kicking off the Creole Festival, the exhibition at the International Conference Centre is showcasing over 30 pieces from artists such as Nigel Henri, [...]
Pope Francis creates five new saints on Sunday, including Britain's Cardinal John Henry Newman -- one of the Catholic Church's most renowned converts -- and a nun dubbed the "Mother Teresa of Brazil". Heads of state from across the world are expected at the Vatican ceremony, which will also raise a Swiss laywoman, an Indian [...]
The Italian cruise ship Costa Mediterranea will be the first vessel to call into Seychelles’ Port Victoria on October 20 as the cruise ships season opens. The vessel, with a maximum capacity of 2,680, is owned and operated by Costa Crociere and will be making the most frequent stops to the Seychelles islands, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. [...]
Powerful Typhoon Hagibis on Saturday claimed its first victim even before making landfall, as potentially record-breaking rains and high winds sparked evacuation orders for more than 1.6 million people. Rated "large and very strong", the storm has also forced the cancellation of two Rugby World Cup matches, disrupted the Japanese Grand Prix and grounded more [...]
Seychelles is the 195th and last country to be visited by a U.N. employee-turned-travel blogger on her world record-setting journey which started in 2017. Born in the U.S. city of Detroit to Ugandan parents, Jessica Nabongo, a travel influencer -- became the first documented black woman to visit every UN member countries when she landed in [...]
Hailed as a visionary and reformer, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to resolve the long-running conflict with neighbouring foe Eritrea. Abiy was honoured "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with [...]
A new policy concerning the recruitment and employment of foreigners in Seychelles is expected to come into force next year, a response to a number of issues the island nation saw concerning foreign workers in the construction and tourism sectors in particular. Details of the new policy were given by the employment ministry in a [...]
