Seychelles is getting ready to welcome the second edition of the Seychelles Fashion Week which will take place November 28 to December 1. The fashion collections will be presented from a record of 25 designers from at least 10 countries. In a series of articles, SNA is presenting the designers who will be showcasing their works at the [...]
North Korea says its latest weapons test was of a submarine-launched ballistic missile that marked a "new phase" in its defence capability, just days before the resumption of stalled nuclear talks with the US. The test was by far the most provocative since Pyongyang first began a dialogue with Washington in 2018, and marked a [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will submit "final" proposals for a new Brexit agreement on Wednesday, officials said, warning that if the European Union did not engage with them, Britain would leave the bloc this month with no divorce deal. Johnson will provide details of what his Downing Street office said was a "fair and reasonable [...]
Seychelles is on a quest for a national costume as the island nation gears up to celebrate its 250th anniversary in August 2020. A national competition has been launched where Seychellois designers are being invited to come up with a style fitted for the island nation’s uniqueness, natural beauty, and diversity. The ‘kazak’ (blouse) and ‘penwar’ [...]
Seychelles is finalising a baseline report that will help the country establish its current status when it comes to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said a top official. SDGs, also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, [...]
Meghan Markle is suing Britain's Mail On Sunday newspaper over the publication of a private letter, her husband Prince Harry has said, warning they had been forced to take action against "relentless propaganda". In a stinging rebuke of British tabloid media, the Duke of Sussex described his wife as being hounded by the press in [...]
The Chagossians who live in Seychelles, Mauritius and the United Kingdom are expected to visit their home islands later in November. The visit funded by the government of Mauritius is being organised as the islanders prepare to assume governance of their islands. The planned visit follows a vote in May this year by the UN [...]
Most of the plastic bottles washing up on the rocky shores of Inaccessible Island, aptly named for its sheer cliffs rising from the middle of the South Atlantic, probably come from Chinese merchant ships, a study published Monday said. The study offers fresh evidence that the vast garbage patches floating in the middle of oceans, [...]
The hearing in the petition brought by President Danny Faure against the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nicholas Prea, has been set for October 22. The Constitutional Court comprising of Justices Ronny Govinden, Laura Pillay and Gustave Dodin convened on Tuesday morning and set the date, citing the urgency of the matter. The Court had given Prea’s counsel, Joel [...]
Air Seychelles has signed a contract with SriLankan Engineering to carry out maintenance of its new Airbus A320neo aircraft ‘Veuve’. Air Seychelles’ head of corporate affairs, Sheryl Barra, told SNA that the airline chose the engineering team of the Sri Lankan Airlines as it is already an A320neo operator within the region. “Following an in-depth inspection of [...]
