Leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin framed their nations' ties as a stabilising force in a chaotic world as they met Thursday in Beijing, where the Russian president is seeking greater Chinese support for his war effort in Ukraine. It is Putin's first trip abroad since his March re-election and the second in just over [...]
Georges Robert is the new Ombudsman of Seychelles and was sworn in on Thursday with his family present in a ceremony at State House. This followed the recommendations from the Constitutional Appointees Authority (CAA). He succeeds Nichole Tirant-Ghérardi. "I am truly honoured and humbled to have been appointed the fifth Ombudsman of Seychelles, and I [...]
The statutory instrument (SI) 40 of 2024 for the customs management regulations for the importation of goods in Seychelles through post or courier valued lower than SCR1,500 is to formalise existing practices, said a top official on Wednesday. The principal secretary for Trade, Francis Lebon, made the statement in a press conference on Wednesday, after [...]
The Seychelles' Supreme Court remanded five of six suspected Somali pirates piracy for 14 days at the Seychelles Prison Services, the police said on Wednesday. According to the Sea Trade Maritime daily news service on Wednesday, "Six suspected pirates involved in an attack on the Marshall Islands registered tanker Chrystal Arctic on 10 May have [...]
The Seychelles' government has endorsed the candidature of former Vice President Vincent Meriton for the position of chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC). According to the Foreign Affairs Department in a communique on Wednesday, the election is scheduled for February 2025. The Department said that during his career as a politician, Meriton held numerous portfolios in [...]
The cruise ship season is coming to an end and Seychelles has welcomed 38 vessels with around 68,000 visitors during that time, said a top tourism official on Tuesday. The principal secretary for Tourism, Sherin Fancis, gave the figures and explained that despite receiving fewer ships than the 2022-2023 season, which was a total [...]
After seven years in office, the Ombudsman of Seychelles, Nichole Tirant-Gherardi, will end her mandate at the end of May. Prior to her appointment as the Ombudsman, she served as the chief editor for the Today in Seychelles newspaper and was also the secretary general of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) from 1999 [...]
The International Energy Agency announced on Tuesday that $2.2 billion had been pledged by governments and companies to improve access to less deadly and polluting cooking methods in Africa. More than two billion people cook on basic stoves or over open fires and exposure to this smoke is a leading cause of early death around [...]
The United States will back Ukraine until its security is "guaranteed", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed on a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday, after Russian forces claimed further advances in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Blinken's visit came just weeks after the US Congress finally approved a $61-billion financial aid package for Ukraine following [...]
Kylian Mbappe was named France's player of the year on Monday at an awards ceremony in Paris, as he comes to the end of his seven-season stay with Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe, 25, picked up the prize for the best player in Ligue 1 at the UNFP (French players' union) Trophies gala for the fifth time [...]
