President James Michel has made a powerful appeal to world leaders for protection of the human right of small island states to exist. Addressing the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Wednesday, he said: “Like the leaders of other ...
Tovább17.12.2009 The serious talks on how to curb sea-level rise now going on in Copenhagen can be seen as a welcome global extension of our long-time efforts. With President James Michel at the forefront, we have been telling the world of the urgent need to do whatever...
Tovább16.12.2009 The Seychelles Pension Fund yesterday gave details of its new shops and offices complex to be built on the ex-Unity House site at Palm Street, Victoria. A press release from the fund said the project, part of its investment programme, will have three ...
Tovább16.12.2009 President James Michel will today be a very happy man as he addresses the Copenhagen summit and hammers home his call for the urgent need to counter climate change. He has, over many years, been beating the warning drum, and today’s global audience is ...
Tovább15.12.2009 The government has given details of new measures to tackle its debt burden through an exchange of notes and certain loans held by creditors for new notes. At the end of the European Union’s passporting process, the Ministry of Finance announced yesterda...
Tovább14.12.2009 In 2000 a group of researchers recorded a small colony of wedge-tailed shearwaters around the Desroches lighthouse. Unfortunately this colony does not exist anymore, which could have been the cause of cats and rats present on the island. Fortunately a s...
Tovább14.12.2009 Seychelles as an offshore jurisdiction will have to revamp itself or be left behind, the chief executive of the Seychelles International Business Authority Steve Fanny said on Thursday. Speaking in a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of Siba, Mr F...
Tovább14.12.2009 The European Union (EU) on Friday signed for a 9 million euro grant bringing development grants this year to 17 million euro from an initial 5.9 million. The head of the EU delegation for Mauritius, Seychelles and the Comoros, ambassador Alessandro Mar...
Tovább12.12.2009 The world’s main focus right now is the summit being held in Copenhagen where experts and politicians are calling for urgent action against climate change. But well before many countries were conscious of or alarmed by the climate change threat, Seyche...
Tovább11.12.2009 The new diagnostic centre at Victoria hospital is expected to be ready in six months, chief medical officer Kenneth Henriette said yesterday. Speaking as workers knocked down the former X-ray unit where the centre will be built, Dr Henriette said X-ray ...
Tovább11.12.2009 The new degree courses to be offered by the University of Seychelles (UniSey) next year have been presented to post-secondary students at a meeting. These courses were explained by the university’s vice-chancellor Dr Rolph Payet recently at the UniSey c...
Tovább10.12.2009 The Office of the President has announced that President James Michel will be taking a few days’ leave after which he will attend the Copenhagen summit on climate change. The President is expected to address the summit on Wednesday December 16. At the...
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