The Seychelles' government will increase the levy on imported pork and poultry to cut down on importation beginning of next month to encourage local farmers to produce more to ensure food security in the country. The Principal Secretary for Trade, Cillia Mangroo, told SNA the money raised from the import tax will go towards the Livestock [...]
Control measures at the airport will be reinforced and travel advisories will be issued on which countries people can travel to and from when Seychelles' international airport reopens for commercial flights on June 1, a health official said Tuesday. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a news conference how Seychelles will gradually lift restrictions [...]
Conflict and disaster forced more than 33 million people to flee within their own countries last year, putting them at greater risk amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, monitors said Tuesday. The new figure brings the total number of people living in internal displacement to a record 50.8 million, according to a report by the Internal [...]
All restrictions on the movement of people in Seychelles to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will be lifted Monday, May 4 if the situation remains under control, President Danny Faure said in a national address. Schools and day care services will open later in May, and the Seychelles' airport will reopen for commercial flights from June [...]
Egypt is seeking an aid package from the International Monetary Fund to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Sunday. In a televised press conference with the central bank governor and other ministers, Madbouli did not specify the size of the one-year financial aid package the government was seeking [...]
Stranded visitors and holders of Gainful Occupation Permit (GOP) in Seychelles will be able to return to their homeland when Air Seychelles starts repatriation flights in the coming weeks, the airline said on Monday. Air Seychelles' chief commercial officer, Charles Johnson, said the company understands "the desire of citizens wanting to travel to their home country or the countries [...]
Children in China's two most important cities went back to school Monday after more than three months at home, as coronavirus restrictions eased and governments around the world began charting a path out of the pandemic lockdown. Europe's four worst-affected countries all reported marked drops in their daily death tolls, offering hope that the outbreak [...]
Seychelles’ Ministry of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning said last week that the government has no intention of deferring its international debt obligations. The statement from the ministry follows Minister Maurice Lousteau-Lalanne’s pronouncement in the Budget (Amendment) 2020 speech earlier this month, that the government would approach its creditors to discuss the possible restructuring of [...]
Yemeni separatists early Sunday declared self-rule of the country's south as a peace deal with the government crumbled, complicating a long and separate conflict with Huthi rebels who control much of the north. The Southern Transitional Council (STC) accused the government of failing to perform its duties and of "conspiring" against the southern cause, and [...]
Destination wedding ceremonies with the breathtaking beaches of Seychelles as a backdrop have halted with the COVID-19 pandemic. With no airlines bringing visitors into the 115-island archipelago of the western Indian Ocean due to current restrictions, foreigners who were looking to get married in Seychelles had to postpone, cancel or change wedding bookings they had [...]
