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Tourism partners in Seychelles learned more about European standards, expectations and laws in a workshop Tuesday that focused on the island nation's most important market of sunshine-seeking holiday-makers. The ‘European Laws and Expectation Workshop’ was organised by the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) in partnership with SeyVillas at Eden Bleu. As an online tour operator in the European [...]

A new political party -- One Seychelles -- headed by Seychelles’ former tourism minister, Alain St Ange, presented documents of registration to the Electoral Commission Wednesday. The electoral commissioner, Danny Lucas, told reporters that the Commission will have to go over the documents and certify them. “If we find that all is in order, we will [...]

It was a ‘considerable’ achievement for 10-year-old Anand Pandian.  Anand won the second edition of the Spelling Bee Competition organised in Seychelles on Sunday by spelling the 12-letter word that means “rather large or great in size, distance; worthy of respect extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount of skill.” In the spelling bee competition, contestants were asked to [...]

The Seychelles Postal Services has launched new services in line with its modernization programme to keep up with customer demands. The post office on Saturday opened its new Customer Care Centre for comments and suggestions, and a Philatelic Souvenir & Gift Shop. And to better manage the increasing amount of parcels and packages that the [...]

Straw hats, beachwear and jewellery are some of the items artisans in Seychelles learned to make from scratch in a four-day workshop organised in the island nation last week. The aim of the workshop held from 28-31 May at the Seychelles Distance and Open Learning Centre was to show artisans how to make use of [...]

Seychellois women are being encouraged to take a more active role in the ownership of oceans this June 8, World Oceans Day, which this year carries with it a gender-equality dimension. Some in the island nation feel that women are not taking up opportunities that exist with such innovations as blue bonds and blue grants. [...]