Can Seychelles preserve and use its giant tortoises as a symbolic way of connecting with the world like China has done with its giant pandas which are a big business both for the country and the zoos? The idea was discussed on Saturday morning at the Botani...
TovábbThe Aosis (Alliance of Small Island States) ministerial meeting held in Seychelles over the last two days has permitted member countries to strengthen their partnerships and reiterate commitment to each other. It has also permitted the organisation to define it...
TovábbSeychelles' founding President James R. Mancham delivered a keynote address at the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin on Sunday November 9 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the breaking down of the Berlin Wall which had divided east and west Berlin ...
Tovább‘Climate change is the greatest threat of our time’ President James Michel yesterday officially launched the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) ministerial conference which is presently going on at the Savoy Resort and Spa at Beau Vallon. The open...
TovábbFollowing the declaration of the Aldabra House project at the 30th anniversary of Aldabra as a Unesco World Heritage site, it has been announced that the architects to develop the project concept will be the UK-based firm, Marks Barfield Architects. Aldabra Hou...
TovábbAldabra Atoll has received its 4th international designation with the announcement that the site will be included in the newly launched IOSEA Network of Sites of Importance for Marine Turtles. Aldabra will be part of the Indian Ocean-South-East Asian (IOSEA...
TovábbThe Minister for Home Affairs and Transport, Joël Morgan, has returned to the Seychelles with his delegation following successful meetings at the just completed anti-piracy conference in Dubai, UAE. The meeting, under the theme ‘Security state recovery: Sustaini...
TovábbAir Seychelles collected two trophies for ‘Indian Ocean’s Leading Airline – Business Class’ and ‘Indian Ocean’s Leading Cabin Crew’ at the World Travel Awards presentation ceremony on Tuesday November 4. Manoj Papa, Air Seychelles’ chief executive officer, was p...
TovábbThe 2015 Doing Business Report released yesterday by the World Bank puts Seychelles up two places compared to 2014. However, due to a change in methodology Seychelles is now ranked 85th out of 189 compared to 87th in last year's ranking, based on the revised me...
TovábbMinisters of Defence from East Africa whose countries form part of the East Africa Standby Force (EASF), yesterday afternoon paid a courtesy call on President James Michel at State House. The ministers were in Seychelles to take part in the 12th extraordinary se...
TovábbSeychelles is being represented at a preparatory conference ahead of the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) scheduled to take place in Lima, Peru, in December 2014. The sixth pa...
TovábbSeychelles has appealed to the UN and other world organisations for the characteristics and specificities of small island developing states (Sids) to be recognised and respected in the formulation of international frameworks. This call came during an inter-m...
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