Swimmers from the United States and Hungary dominated the 2022 World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships, held in Seychelles for the first time over the weekend. The two nations shared a total of eight gold medals available equally between them, with each taking home four gold medals. Hungary was awarded the trophy as the best [...]
An IMF delegation preliminary report on a review of the Seychelles Value Added Tax Regime (VAT) concluded that VAT has performed as well as it could but there are risks of it being eroded if the broadening of the exemptions beyond the strict necessity continues. According to a press statement from the finance ministry, the IMF delegation was [...]
US President Joe Biden was to pay his last respects in London to Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, as ordinary mourners waiting in marathon lines were warned that time was running out to view her coffin lying in state. After witnessing the sombre scene in parliament's Westminster Hall, Biden, Japan's Emperor Naruhito and other world [...]
About 450 graves were counted at one burial site near the eastern Ukraine city of Izyum which was recently recaptured by Kyiv's forces, a senior presidential aide said Friday. "Four hundred and fifty graves... This is just one of the mass burial sites discovered near Izyum. In the occupied territories, rampant terror, violence, torture and [...]
Seychelles will host its fourth international skydiving event in October, dubbed 'Birds of Paradise Boogie' with around 45 participants including six Seychellois. The event, which is being organised by the FlySeychelles Skydiving centre, will see participants from all over the world completing 15 jumps over the islands of Praslin, La Digue and Bird Island. "We [...]
King Charles III and his heir Prince William on Saturday staged an unscheduled London walkabout to the delight of people queueing all night to see Queen Elizabeth's coffin, ahead of her grand state funeral. Cries of "God save the king" came from the riverside crowd opposite parliament as the new monarch and his elder son [...]
Eleven Iranian nationals charged with human trafficking in Seychelles have been remanded for a further 14 days by the Supreme Court on Friday. The men, who are represented by their counsel, Clifford Andre, will reappear in court for their trial on September 20. The case involved the biggest drug bust in Seychelles of 130.58 kilogrammes [...]
The former chairman of the board of 2020 Development Seychelles Ltd has refuted claims of corruption in the company with regards to the Ile Soleil project and denies any wrongdoing. The former chairman, Barry Faure, made reference to comments made by Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan in his press conference last Friday. Ramkalwan said that the [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for a shake-up of the world order as they met with Asian leaders Friday for a summit challenging Western influence. The meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in ex-Soviet Uzbekistan brought Putin and Xi together with the leaders of SCO members India, Pakistan, and [...]
A blanket of multi-colored plastic waste flowing in from tributaries covers Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador. It is a sorry scene that has also become an all too common sight on the Caribbean beaches of Honduras, where thousands of tons of rubbish arrive from neighboring Guatemala. Fizzy drink bottles, medication packets, tattered flipflops: all sorts [...]
