A new 12-room four-star family run hotel -- the Crown Beach hotel -- officially opened its doors on Saturday evening. Situated only a few steps from the beach and close to the main road at Pointe Au Sel, the new hotel owned by husband and wife Jeff and Siana Bis...
TovábbSeychelles ranked fourth out of 52 Seychelles is ranked fourth out of 52 African countries on the 2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG). The 2013 IIAG provides full details of Seychelles’ performance across four categories of governance: Safety a...
TovábbSeychelles is ranked second out of 52 African countries for gender equality, according to the findings revealed in the 2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance report which was published earlier this week. The top-performing advocate of gender equality in Africa...
TovábbThe marketing campaign for Ile Soleil was officially launched in a ceremony on Wednesday afternoon at the Seychelles Trading Company (STC) conference room. Launching the campaign, the managing director of 2020 Development Company (2020DC) Barry Faure said: “We ...
TovábbDelegates from small island states (Sids) as well as coastal countries of Eastern and Southern Africa are since yesterday meeting at the Coral Strand Hotel at Beau Vallon with the objective of strengthening the planning and management of coastal and marine related ...
TovábbA project to safeguard Seychelles’ underwater cultural heritage is being developed and the culture department is also working on a document in preparation to ratify the 2001 Unesco Convention on the protection of underwater cultural heritage. The Ministry...
TovábbSeychelles has maintained its first position in ICT development in the African region, ahead of Mauritius and South Africa, which are ranked second and third respectively. This comes after Seychelles was ranked 64th out of 157 countries for the Information and...
TovábbRepresentatives from various small islands states (Sids) and United Nations (UN) agencies are meeting on La Digue to discuss how they can best manage their water resources for sustainable development. These Sids and UN agencies represented at the two-day meetin...
TovábbThe Mayor of Victoria, Jacqueline Moustache-Belle, has been elected as one of the four co-presidents of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) for the period 2013-2016. The UCLG is an international organisation which represents and defends the values,...
TovábbThe World Bank board of directors has announced the approval of funds to support Seychelles’ efforts to modernise its business climate, improve the transparency and sustainability of government expenditure, and better target the people who need social services. ...
TovábbInternational ratings agency Fitch has completed its most recent rating of Seychelles and delivered an overall rating of ‘B’, declaring the economic outlook “positive”. The government of Seychelles’ strict fiscal discipline and budget surplus were cited as cont...
TovábbVice-President Danny Faure has emphasised Seychelles’ role as a responsible and reliable member of the United Nations dedicated to the principles of sustainable development. Mr Faure was addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday...
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