Untold stories of how 18 Seychellois creatives started and progressed in their respective art forms have been released in a new book. The book "Koze Koze – Conversations between Seychellois Creatives" explores the story of artists from different art backgrounds - visual, music, dance, poetry, literature, and architecture, through dialogues between two creative people with [...]
Nine sports fishing tournaments have been scheduled this year with the Marlin Slam coming up on April 15, while two have already taken place. The Marlin Slam will be a release tournament in which the crew will have to film and measure their catch, before releasing them to sea. The team with the biggest marlin [...]
Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have reached their highest level in years following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside a revered Jerusalem mosque. Anger over the raid on Al-Aqsa mosque has spilled over into the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, which Israel bombarded at dawn Friday, a day after sustaining a barrage of [...]
The final phase of the Aldabra giant tortoise census on Curieuse Island, organised by the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA), is expected to take place in two weeks with the aim of getting a better view of the species' population on the island. The census began in February with the help of local volunteers, [...]
Seychelles met together with high-level government officials of the fisheries sector from Tanzania, Kenya and Comoros to discuss draft proposals for the upcoming Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting, seeking these countries' consideration for co-sponsoring proposals. The fisheries minister from Seychelles, Comoros and Tanzania, and the fisheries principal secretary of Kenya met in the second Ministerial Summit of Fisheries Ministers of [...]
Seychelles will support Mauritius' bid to secure a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2025-2026 as well as and its candidature for the Executive Board of UNESCO for the term 2023-2027, said a top official on Thursday. Foreign affairs minister Sylvestre Radegonde made the statement at the end of the 13th Session of the [...]
The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that dengue and other diseases caused by mosquito-borne arboviruses were spreading far faster and further amid climate change, warning global outbreaks could be looming. Experts with the United Nations health agency sounded the alarm over swelling numbers of cases of dengue and chikungunya, and warned new epidemics of zika [...]
Italian ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, a dominant player in his nation's politics for decades, was on Wednesday set to spend the night in intensive care after being admitted to a cardiac unit for reported respiratory problems. The 86-year-old media mogul and senator, who has been in and out of the hospital in recent years, was [...]
New changes in the Seychelles Electronic Border System allow visitors to the island nation more time to submit their forms, ensuring that necessary approvals before traveling to Seychelles are acquired. Previously a traveller had up to five days before travelling to make their application online. The pre-travel application window has been extended to 10 days as [...]
Israeli police arrested more than 350 people after clashes erupted inside Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque early Wednesday when officers entered to dislodge "agitators" in a move denounced by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. Palestinian militants responded with rocket fire into Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, prompting retaliatory Israeli air strikes. The violence came with [...]
