A contract to lay a fibre-optic cable from Seychelles to Tanzania – greatly improving the broadband internet connection – is due to be signed today.
The Department of Information Communication Technology said the contract for the French-based firm Alcatel-Lucen...
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Italy will today sign an agreement cancelling some of our debts and rescheduling the rest, in response to the success of the economic reform programme President James Michel launched in 2008.
Outgoing Italian ambassador Pi...
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The government spent US $7 million to reclaim Eden Island but has made $39 million from the investment, which has brought many other benefits to the economy.
Vice-President Danny Faure said this on Thursday when he witness...
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The Seychelles Week in Tanzania was launched at the Movenpick Royal Palm Hotel, Dar es Salaam, on Monday night in the presence of some 180 guests.
The event was sponsored by Maryvonne Pool – Seychelles’ tourism ambassador and consul based in Tanzania – and...
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Minister for Investment, Natural Resources and Industry Peter Sinon, and Seychelles Ports Authority chief executive Lt Col Andre Ciseau recently took part in a successful investment promotion mission to the German states of Hamburg and Bremen.
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Countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are hoping for a common central bank in 2016 and a common currency by 2018.
Central Bank governor Pierre Laporte gave the details during an interview after his...
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Education, training and public awareness play a vital role in helping people learn more about the effects of climate change and how to tackle this global issue.
Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) focuses on these...
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Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam has urged that more attention be given to small island states after Seychelles and 11 others countries were left out of this year’s Human Development Report.
Mr Adam addressing delegat...
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UAE reaffirms its support in battle against pirates
President James Michel returned yesterday from a two-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates, where he held talks on the fight against piracy.
During his...
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Fibre-optic cable to be ‘legacy for our children and youth’
A contract has been signed for a 2,000-kilometre fibre-optic cable link to Tanzania, opening the way for high-speed internet communication with the rest of the world.
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Cousine island has been voted the world’s leading green destination for 2010 at the 17th World Travel Awards held in London.
At the ceremony on November 7, Cousine came first among nominees such as Amazon Tur – Brazil; Bou...
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The Norway-based Fugro-Geoteam company has launched a US $20 million project to explore Seychelles’ waters, which they say show obvious signs of having oil deposits.
Scientists on board their vessel GeoArctic, which arrive...
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