The Seychelles’ Ministry of Culture has submitted documents to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for the consideration of moutya dance as a cultural heritage. This move comes as the ministry starts to work in consultation with UNESCO to review the island nation's culture policy. The principal secretary for culture, Cecile Kalebi, [...]
The Seychelles National Museum of History will reopen its doors to visitors starting Monday after being closed for over a year for a transformation that included a digital facelift. The 53-year-old museum has kept its traditional features after undergoing renovations since 2016. But it also incorporated new lights and sounds in its displays. The museum [...]
Attempts by the French government to negotiate with the "yellow vest" movement responsible for weeks of protests over taxes and the high cost of living turned into a fiasco Friday after just two representatives turned up for a meeting with the prime minister and one immediately walked out. The failed talks came on the eve [...]
In an effort to address illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as well as other illegal maritime activities, two newly designated areas around Seychelles’ Aldabra group and Amirantes to Fortune Bank are being expanded. The Cabinet of Ministers last week endorsed the expansion of these areas around the two groups of islands. The two areas proposed [...]
With the direst warnings yet of impending environmental disaster still ringing in their ears, representatives from nearly 200 nations gather Sunday in Poland to firm up their plan to prevent catastrophic climate change. The UN climate summit comes at a crucial juncture in mankind's response to planetary warming. The smaller, poorer nations that will bare [...]
Seychelles launched an HIV self-test pilot project on the same day the country joined with others to commemorate World AIDS Day -- December 1 -- on Freedom Square in Victoria. Based on the results collected from the pilot project, the Ministry of Health will decide if the country is ready to introduce the screening method. [...]
As many as 500 million guests at Marriott International hotels may have been victims of a hack that in many cases pilfered passport numbers, birthdates or other identifying data dating back to 2014, the company announced Friday. The hack is among the largest ever disclosed, prompting a big drop in Marriott shares and investigations in [...]
British football legend Robbie Fowler will be in Seychelles on a three-day visit in December to meet fans as part of a promotional campaign by Barclays Bank. In a press statement on Wednesday, the Bank said that the visit of Fowler is part of Barclays Seychelles Premier League card campaign. Customers who swipe their cards [...]
Two-thirds of all children in Central African Republic need emergency aid, the UN said Friday, sounding an alarm about the impoverished country's worsening "neglected" crisis. Some 1.5 million children nationwide are in need of humanitarian assistance, an increase of 300,000 compared with 2016, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said in a new report. The [...]
Art lovers have the chance to buy artwork at affordable prices during a fair being organised at the Eden Art Space Gallery. The Affordable Art Fair, which will run until January 2019, gives everyone the chance to purchase an original painting, photograph, sculpture or print for less than $590, with prices starting at just $2. [...]