Fifteen honorary consuls based in Seychelles have been briefed on the changes being made to the Foreign Affairs department and its future plans in a meeting with the minister on Thursday. This was in fact the first meeting between the consular corps and the Minister for Foreign affairs, Sylvestre Radegonde, since he took office in 2020. [...]
Tourism Seychelles' mission to increase the island nation's visibility in Paris is paying off as France overtakes Russia at the top of the visitor arrivals figures, regaining its place as the country which in recent years has traditionally had the most travellers visiting the islands. In the latest figures released by the National Bureau of [...]
Concerns that the Ukraine war could escalate into a wider conflict grew on Tuesday as Kyiv accused Moscow of trying to create unrest in a Russian-backed separatist region of Moldova. The United Nations and United States warned of rising tensions in the Transnistria region of Moldova, as UN chief Antonio Guterres met with Russian President [...]
The rehabilitation and extension of Seychelles' Port Victoria are in motion with potential contractors undertaking a site visit on Wednesday to better understand the extent of work that needs to be carried out before final bids are made. The project being undertaken by the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) aims at having a modern international multi-purpose commercial port at [...]
Russia said Wednesday it had destroyed a large quantity of Western-supplied weapons in Ukraine, while halting gas supplies to EU and NATO members Poland and Bulgaria in a move condemned by European capitals as attempted blackmail. With the conflict that has claimed thousands of lives entering its third month, Ukraine conceded Russian forces had pushed [...]
Seychelles will launch its first atmospheric balloon satellite to collect data on greenhouse gases on Thursday, April 28. The event is a collaboration between the Department of Science and Technology in Seychelles and Space Kidz India (SKI) – an aerospace organisation for young scientists – through which 30 trained students from the island nation built the small [...]
Slovakia and Seychelles will work to boost bilateral cooperation in the areas of health, education and climate crisis, said the newly accredited Slovak ambassador. Katarina Leligdonova presented her credentials as the ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, at State House on Tuesday. "Slovakia and Seychelles have more in common than [...]
Nature Seychelles, a nonprofit organisation, is planning to set up a land-based aquaculture coral farm on the island of Praslin to produce more heat-resilient corals, which are better engineered to adapt to continuously rising ocean temperatures. The organisation's chief executive, Nirmal Shah, told SNA that such a project will be more advantageous than an ocean-based nursery or [...]
Forty countries will hold emergency talks in Germany on Tuesday on bolstering the defence of Ukraine, which the US Pentagon chief believes "can win" against Russia if given the necessary means and backing. The meeting called by the US at its Ramstein airbase in southwestern Germany is "focused on doing things to generate additional capability [...]
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, struck a deal Monday to buy Twitter for $44 billion, capping a saga complete with hostile takeover threats before delivering him personal control of one of the most influential social media platforms on the planet. Twitter famously served as a megaphone for former US president Donald Trump before the [...]
