The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, will attend the 39th summit of Heads of State of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from August 17 to 18. Faure will leave Seychelles on Friday for the summit which is taking place under the theme ‘A Conducive Business Environment for Inclusive and Sustainable [...]
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to hold a rare meeting on Kashmir after India stripped the region of its autonomy, sparking a row with Pakistan, diplomats told AFP Thursday. The meeting will take place behind closed doors on Friday morning, the diplomats said. Poland, which currently holds the council's rotating presidency, has listed [...]
Seychellois athletes who won medals at the 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Island Games in Mauritius received their monetary rewards on Wednesday. The financial rewards for medal winners is a government incentive to encourage and motivate athletes at international competitions. In her sending off address before the games, the Designated Minister who also holds the [...]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed on Thursday his "path-breaking" move to strip the restive region of Kashmir of its autonomy, in a tub-thumping speech marking Indian Independence Day. Parts of Kashmir that India controls -- it is split with arch-rival Pakistan -- have been under lockdown since August 4, with freedom of movement restricted and [...]
Firefighters on the Greek island of Evia were still battling Wednesday to contain a fire that has caused massive damage to a pristine mountain wildlife habitat after threatening four communities. "It's a huge ecological disaster in a unique, untouched pine forest," said acting regional governor Costas Bakoyannis. The fire that broke out in the early [...]
An international supermarket chain in Seychelles has been fined SCR 100,000 ($7,000) by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) for failing to comply with consumer protection regulations. SPAR Eden Island supermarket was found to have sold goods past their expiry dates, without prices, without an expiry date, and without labels in plain language. The FTC Board [...]
More Seychellois will be able to afford visiting some outer islands of Seychelles when the Islands Development Company (IDC) lowers transportation and accommodation prices in September. IDC manages Silhouette and 13 outer islands of the 115-island archipelago of the western Indian Ocean, including Desroches, Astove, Remire, Alphonse and Platte. “To encourage more Seychellois to visit [...]
After years of bloodshed in the poor and largely lawless Central African Republic, renewed hopes of peace are being eroded by the country's militia groups, experts say. The military situation across the landlocked country has been considered stable since the deal -- the 13th in a decade -- was signed in February between the government [...]
Forty more beaches in Seychelles are being considered for the White Flag certification, meaning that these areas will be recognised internationally as having clean seas. The President of the Ocean Alliance Conservation Member (OACM), Kristijan Curavic, made the announcement on Tuesday after meeting with President Danny Faure at State House. Curavic said that “discussions with the president is to [...]
Maritime security, the Blue Economy and democracy development have been the highlights of the work of the outgoing British High Commissioner throughout her four-year tenure in Seychelles. Caron Rӧhsler, the outgoing High Commissioner, paid a farewell call to President Danny Faure on Tuesday at State House. “It was a very warm meeting. The president and I reviewed the last four [...]
