Laura Flora Leon, a 20-year-old from Anse Boileau, won the SBC Paradise FM Award for Most Requested Female Artist on 30 December. Lauren, who took Seychelles by storm in 2021 with the song "Atrap Lafimen" ("Catch smoke"), written by popular Seychellois singer-songwriter Jean-Marc Volcy, said winning the award made her feel appreciated and is planning [...]
Air Seychelles has resumed passenger flights to all its pre-pandemic destinations, which include Johannesburg, Mauritius, Tel Aviv and Mumbai, the airline said in a press statement on Friday. Air Seychelles will be flying twice weekly to Jo'burg on Thursdays and Sundays, weekly flights to Mumbai on Sundays and weekly flights on Wednesdays to Tel Aviv [...]
A total of 177,504 visitors disembarked in Seychelles in 2021. This was an increase of 54.5 percent from 2020, when there were 114,858 visitors and arrivals were lower than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SNA spoke to Sybille Cardon, chairperson of the Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHTA), to discuss the impact of the [...]
A total of 177,504 visitors disembarked in Seychelles in 2021. This was an increase of 54.5 percent from 2020, when there were 114,858 visitors and arrivals were lower than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SNA spoke to Sybille Cardon, chairperson of the Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHTA), to discuss the impact of the [...]
Washington and Moscow's top diplomats meet Friday in Geneva in a last-ditch bid for a solution over Ukraine, with the United States increasingly fearing that Russia will invade despite warnings of severe reprisals. The talks between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov come just 11 days after their deputies met in [...]
With improving performance by the tourism sector and the significant amount of foreign exchange coming in, the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has applauded the stability of exchange rates in the country. During a press conference on Thursday, CBS said that as of January 19, the country's forex reserves stand at $703 million, out of [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan, who is currently attending the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) summit, has condemned an attack by a drone launched on the United Arab Emirates earlier this week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. Ramkalawan has conveyed his condolences and sympathy to the government and people of the UAE for [...]
Seychelles' first petrol tanker Seychelles Pride, purchased in 2002, was sold on January 12 without informing the government and is currently flying the Comoros flag. The sale of the tanker was concluded according to the Seychelles Petroleum Company's (SEYPEC) tanker replacement strategy and all the proceeds associated with that sale have been received, the company's [...]
The first humanitarian flights arrived in volcano and tsunami-stricken Tonga Thursday, five days after the dual disaster cut the Pacific nation off from the rest of the world. Tonga has been inaccessible since Saturday, when one of the largest volcanic explosions in decades cloaked the kingdom in a layer of ash, triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami [...]
Four-time champions Ghana were eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations after crashing 3-2 to minnows Comoros in Group C on Tuesday in Garoua. The Black Stars had captain Andre Ayew sent off after 25 minutes and, after wiping out a two-goal deficit, lost when Comoros' Ahmed Mogni scored his second goal five minutes from [...]
