Border security and the fight against the flow of illegal substances were at the forefront of discussions, said the newly accredited High Commissioner for New Zealand on Tuesday. Talking to the press following his accreditation at State House, Victoria, the High Commissioner, Michael Upton, said that the two topics were greatly stressed by president Wavel Ramkalawan. [...]
The WHO said Tuesday that "epidemic" overweight and obesity rates are linked to over 1.2 million deaths annually across Europe, calling for swift policy changes to reverse the dangerous trend. Obesity rates in the region have ballooned by 138 percent in the past five decades, the World Health Organization said in a new report, and [...]
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in Seychelles conducting a second review as part of the Extended Fund Facility arrangement. The IMF is supporting the economic reform programme of Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, with a $107 million lending arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The team has [...]
Seychelles is the top African country on the World Press Freedom Index as the island nation takes 13th place in the ranking for 2022. The island nation moved up 39 places after being ranked 52 last year on the index published by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), a Paris-based non-governmental organisation. The release of the ranking [...]
Pope Francis said in an interview published Tuesday that he requested a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, while comparing the scale of the bloodshed to Rwanda's genocide. The pontiff told Italy's Corriere Della Sera newspaper that he had sent a message to Putin around 20 days into the conflict saying that "I [...]
Thai Union is planning to invest another 10 million euros in the Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) canning factory in Seychelles in the next two years, said a top official of the group. Thiraphong Chansiri, Thai Union Group president, made the statement to reporters following his meeting with Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House on [...]
European Union ministers met Monday to respond to Russia cutting gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria -- and discuss plans for a possible oil embargo to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine. The energy ministers from the 27 member states were coordinating efforts to counter what Brussels has branded the Kremlin's bid to "blackmail" the West [...]
For the first time, a Seychellois woman, Doreen Valentin, has been promoted to the post of hotel manager of a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Seychelles, the Allamanda Resort & Spa, as of March 1, 2022. SNA met with Valentin to learn more about her journey to the top of a 4-star hotel and what [...]
Dozens of civilians have left a besieged steel plant in the city of Mariupol, Russia said on Sunday, as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voiced support for Ukraine's "fight for freedom" during a visit to Kyiv. Russia's defence ministry said a total of 46 civilians left in two groups on Saturday from the area around [...]
As Seychellois workers joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Labour Day on May 1, President Wavel Ramkalan thanked all workers for their resilience and hard work. In wishing all workers a happy Labour Day, Ramakalawan said, "It is a proud day where we celebrate workers' contributions towards our country's economic growth and [...]
