13.06.2009 Seychelles stands to benefit from a wealth of opportunity and cooperation within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), President James Michel said yesterday. He was speaking at Seychelles International Airport after his return from t...
Tovább22.06.2009 The Doctor’s House on Curieuse island was reopened recently as part of activities to mark 30 years of Seychelles’ national parks conservation. Located at Anse Jose, the house – which belonged to the island’s doctor William MacGregor when the island was...
Tovább12.06.2009 We must work for common solution to climate change President James Michel has called for increased cooperation to tackle climate change and piracy, two of the biggest threats to food security and trade in the region. In his closing address to the 13th ...
Tovább10.06.2009 The government has started talks with its partners aimed at reforming Seychelles’ tax system. The process is expected to be carried out over a period of three years starting in January 2010. In the first session of the National Assembly’s new term yester...
Tovább10.06.2009 President calls for focus on island states President James Michel has called on the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) to take into account the unique situation of small island states while focusing on regional integration. He was sp...
Tovább09.06.2009 Local civil society will continue to get help and support from the European Union (EU), French ambassador to Seychelles Philippe Delacroix has said. Minister Lloyd addressing the gathering. Ambassador Delacroix is first on the right, front row He w...
Tovább09.06.2009 The Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHTA) has re-elected Louis D’Offay, of L’Archipel Hotel, Praslin, as its chairman. The election took place at the association’s first executive board meeting following the industry’s annual general me...
Tovább08.06.2009 The European Union (EU) is to move its anti-piracy operations further south to the Seychelles region. It has also promised to keep up its presence in the Indian Ocean for as long as there is pirate activity in the region. These pledges were made durin...
Tovább08.06.2009 President James Michel is attending the 13th summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) in the Zimbabwean town of Victoria Falls this week. Nineteen heads of state are expected to attend the summit titled Consolidating Regional...
Tovább04.06.2009 More evidence that the economic reforms are producing desired results came last week when the director general for revenue reminded businesses they have to pay taxes in rupees and not forex. Marie-France Fanchette told reporters the abundance of foreig...
Tovább04.06.2009 Tourists are keen to know if any of the money they spend in Seychelles funds conservation efforts and are happy to learn that a lot of it does. That – and our keenness to preserve the environment – attracts more visitors here. Chief executive Nirmal Sha...
TovábbISLAND CONSERVATION SOCIETY - 01.06.2009 The rarest bird in Seychelles is not the magpie-robin nor the scops owl nor is it the white-eye. It is the Caspian tern. No more than ten pairs breed at Aldabra. There may be a few more nesting at Astove and Cosmoledo, where...
Tovább