The French national airline -- Air France -- will soon operate direct flights from Paris to Seychelles, the outgoing ambassador to Seychelles said. Lionel Majesté-Larrouy made the announcement after paying a farewell visit to President Danny Faure at State House on Tuesday. Majesté-Larrouy said that this latest development is one of the last gesture he [...]
Ongoing US sanctions on Iran target Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Islamic republic's top brass, while also seeking to choke trade in a variety of goods from oil to carpets. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised details of new sanctions within 48 hours in response to a missile or drone attack on [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz were deadlocked Wednesday after an Israeli general election, reports said, raising the possibility of a unity government or even the end of the premier's long rule. Various Israeli media reported that Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and Gantz's Blue and White had 32 seats each of parliament's [...]
Seychelles has launched a year-long celebration of a massive milestone: the island nation's 250th anniversary. President Danny Faure launched the celebration on Tuesday during a cultural performance at the International Conference Centre in the capital city of Victoria. It was in August 1770 that a group of Europeans and their slaves arrived and made the very first settlement on [...]
Onion and vanilla are two crops that the Island Development Company (IDC) expects to produce at scale, meeting the company’s targets set in the five-year strategic plan, the company's chief executive said Tuesday. Onion grows well in sandy soil it can be offered locally, offsetting import demands, said the chief executive, Glenny Savy. Coetivy -- known [...]
Locals in Seychelles will have the chance to play an equal role in decision-making and the management of marine protected areas in a first-of-its-kind participatory project. The project -- enhancing coastal and marine socio-ecological resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Western Indian Ocean -- is being funded by the German Climate Initiative (IKI) through the International [...]
A lawyer representing relatives of victims killed in an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash said Tuesday he was seeking documents from manufacturer Boeing and US regulators on the decision not to ground the aircraft after a previous deadly accident. The October 2018 crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX in Indonesia killed 189 people, while [...]
The Seychelles’ Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled on two petitions brought by President Danny Faure against the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nicholas Prea. The petitions were in relation to the annulment by the National Assembly of a regulation which makes provision for a five percent increase for government employees. In the first petition, Faure, in his capacity [...]
Sri Lanka's ruling coalition became embroiled in a power struggle Tuesday as two challengers came forward to oppose Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to be candidate for a looming presidential election. Wickremesinghe had been the clear frontrunner to be the United National Party candidate until parliament speaker Karu Jayasuriya and deputy party leader Sajith Premadasa threw [...]
Two newly accredited ambassadors say they appreciate Seychelles’ support for their countries’ diplomatic priorities. Hamdi Mansour Abuali, the new Ambassador-designate for the state of Palestine, conveyed his appreciation to the island nation for supporting their push for sovereignty while his Vietnamese counterpart -- Le Huy Hoang -- thanked Seychelles’ strong support for Vietnam in January 2020 to [...]
