Seychelles has signed an agreement with the German airport and consultancy services company ATRiCS Advanced Traffic Solutions as part of the modernisation process of its air navigation services. The Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) said on Wednesday that the agreement was signed by its chief executive, Garry Albert, on the sidelines of the World Air Traffic Management [...]
The United Arab Emirates has slammed a European Union decision to add it to a tax haven blacklist despite the Gulf state's efforts to meet EU requirements. The EU on Tuesday added 10 countries to the list, created in 2017 as part of efforts to battle tax evasion by the wealthy. The UAE was among [...]
Seychelles has won an African Union gender scorecard award for the implementation of anti-corruption policies, said the Department for Foreign Affairs. Speaking to SNA on Tuesday, the AU officer from the Department said that this year Seychelles won the award in recognition of the progress the country has made in integrating gender equality and women empowerment [...]
British MPs resoundingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time on Tuesday, plunging the country into further uncertainty just 17 days before it is due to split from the European Union. The House of Commons voted 391-242 against the divorce deal, even after May secured further guarantees from Brussels over its [...]
More residents in Seychelles will be eligible for allocation of state land for residential purposes thanks to a revision made to the land point system established in 2017, said a top official. The revision was announced by President Danny Faure in his State of the Nation Address in late February. The minister for Habitat, Infrastructure [...]
Britain faces a moment of truth Tuesday when parliament votes on Prime Minister Theresa May's ill-loved Brexit plan -- a day after she said she secured last-minute changes to the deal from the EU. May huddled late Monday with EU leaders in Strasbourg in a bid to salvage the vision of Brexit she set out [...]
Shopkeepers and alcohol producers in Seychelles expressed concerns over six new measures to tackle alcohol abuse announced by President Danny Faure in his recent State of the Nation address. The new measures include separating the sale of alcohol from other commodities in shops, taxing alcoholic products as per alcohol content and a moratorium on licences [...]
Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced Monday he is dropping his bid for a fifth term in office, scrapping the upcoming elections altogether after weeks of protests against his candidacy. "Peacefully, we have overthrown the puppet!" people sang in Algiers following the president's decision. Celebratory honking of car horns rang out in the city centre, [...]
Experts from the EU Action against Drugs and Organised Crime (EU-ACT) carried out a preliminary mission to assess the drugs situation in Seychelles -- the first of its kind to be undertaken in the country. The international cooperation officer at the Agency for the Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation (APDAR), Aruna Sunasee, told SNA [...]
An assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) opened in Nairobi Monday under a dark cloud cast by the plane crash that killed 157 people, including 22 United Nations staff, many heading for the annual event. Delegates arrived with the UN flag flying at half-mast, and the flags of all UN nations that usually adorn [...]
