18.09.2009 The Office of the President has announced a new board to run Air Seychelles, with immediate effect. This follows an external audit of the company carried out at the request of the government as part of the economic reform process and designed to enhanc...
Tovább17.09.2009 Seychelles will be able to seek assistance from an international trust fund being set up to help bring pirates to justice in the western Indian Ocean. The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS), which coordinates the activities of 45 ...
Tovább17.09.2009 The court reforms proposed by Chief Justice Frederick Egonda-Ntende on Tuesday will match an expected economic boom, Bar Association of Seychelles chairman Anthony Derjacques has said. He was giving his reaction to a series of announcements made by Mr E...
Tovább14.09.2009 President Michel sends message of congratulations The last three Seychellois hostages – Conrad Andre, Gilbert Victor and Robin Samson – returned home safe and sound yesterday, seven months after the boat they were on was hijacked by pirates. Vice-Presid...
Tovább09.09.2009 President James Michel and his delegation have returned to Seychelles following a working visit to the United Arab Emirates. The main purpose of the visit was to further develop the potential for military cooperation between the two countries. A memoran...
Tovább08.09.2009 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday gave recommendations that will make it easier for tax payers to comply with the law and also help to boost trade. David Kloeden, who headed an IMF mission that recently analysed our tax system, handed the ...
Tovább08.09.2009 The drop in the number of tourists visiting Seychelles this year up to the end of August was smaller than expected. And though the final visitor figure for 2009 is likely to be lower than last year, it should be much better than predicted. The fall up t...
Tovább07.09.2009 Seychelles has made a second claim for extended continental shelf seabed beyond its 200- mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) limit. On Monday, the country formally presented a submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental S...
Tovább07.09.2009 The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has announced that the country is to benefit from a special allocation of US $12.3 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This is part of a global initiative to help member countries overcome the advers...
Tovább03.09.2009 A new group of 11 Seychellois students arrived in Beijing, China, on Tuesday and were welcomed at the airport by Seychelles’ ambassador to China, Philippe Le Gall. In a short message to the Nation newspaper, Mr Le Gall said they were all in high spirit...
Tovább03.09.2009 The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) this week issued a notice to the public advising that the Foreign Exchange Act 2009 is now in force. Under this Act, approved by the National Assembly in June this year, all persons and operators other than financial...
Tovább03.09.2009 The Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) said yesterday it is ready to start regular anti-piracy patrols in our waters with its boats and aircraft, helped by foreign forces. The local media were briefed during a visit to the SCG base for a presentation on the ...
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