A record number of candidates for Sri Lanka's presidential poll next month has led to the longest-ever ballot paper and the most expensive vote in the country's history, the Election Commission said Tuesday. Thirty five candidates are running in the November 16 poll, the highest number in any single ballot, Elections Commission chief Mahinda Deshapriya [...]
France will continue to support Seychelles in the fight against the impact of climate change, piracy and drug trafficking, said the newly accredited French Ambassador. Dominique Mas presented his credentials to President Danny Faure at State House, on Tuesday at State House in Victoria. Mas told reporters said that the relations between the two countries were excellent and [...]
The European Union (EU) hopes to further its relationship with Seychelles through financing and supporting the implementation of various projects of common interest, said the newly-accredited Ambassador. Vincent Degert presented his credential as the new EU ambassador to Seychelles to President Danny Faure on Tuesday at State House in the capital, Victoria. “We have moved from development issues [...]
Seychelles will set up a first diplomatic mission based in Mauritius with the aim of elevating the relationship between the two countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. The governments of the two island nations believe that a Seychellois diplomatic mission in Mauritius will bring the existing relationship to “new heights and widen their scope [...]
The Seychelles’ Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) and its regional partners have expressed concerns over the amount of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis being imported and trafficked within the Indian Ocean region. ANB stressed “the dangers and seriousness which the importation and trafficking of controlled drugs carry, especially heroin and cocaine, both of which are Class A controlled drugs [...]
Britain's government on Monday completed the country's biggest peacetime repatriation that returned 140,000 UK-based Thomas Cook customers stranded abroad after the collapse of the holiday operator. The final flight arrived at 8.31 am (0731 GMT), touching down at Manchester airport in northern England from Orlando, Florida, said a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). [...]
The Seychelles’ Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission opened its second session on Monday. The Commission is expected to meet for 10 days and hear 23 cases, twice the number heard in the first session last month. Among the witnesses giving testimony will be a former army personnel and a former chief of police. Meanwhile, the [...]
Some ten ladies courageously shaved off their hair on Saturday, as a sign of solidarity for cancer patients and victims, during the first of its kind event in Seychelles. ‘Brave the Shave’ is an international fundraising activity, with the proceeds going to cancer victims and their family. The initiator of this activity in Seychelles – [...]
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi's cabinet issued a series of reforms early Sunday after an "extraordinary" session overnight in response to sweeping anti-government rallies that have left nearly 100 dead. Iraqis have gathered in Baghdad and across the south since Tuesday to demand widespread government reforms, which Abdel Mahdi had promised to tackle when [...]
To celebrate 30 years of productions, a local perfumery in Seychelles -- North East Point Enterprises -- is getting ready to launch a new perfume under its 'Kreolfleurage' brand, which will surely leave buyers smelling fresh. Expected to appear on the market in time for the festive seasons, the new perfume has been created by [...]
