Seychelles' climate change and Sids ambassador Ronny Jumeau has been appointed the first chair of a re-structured steering committee of the Global Island Partnership (Glispa). He will thus lead Glispa into 2014 which will be the International Year of Sm...
TovábbRepresentatives of Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) countries will hold their first regional piracy focal point meeting in Seychelles today and tomorrow. The meeting is due to take place at the Seychelles Trading Commission’s conference room where the dele...
TovábbAbout 71% of families in Seychelles own the houses they live in, the population and housing census report released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last week shows. There has therefore been a 3% increase since the 2002 census when only 67.7 of the houses...
TovábbIn response to a global call to protect our species from unsustainable harvest, the Wildlife, Trade & Conservation Section in the Ministry of Environment & Energy has started a survey in hotels, restaurants & take-aways to collect data on the level of consumptio...
TovábbThe construction of a hotel on Long Island will be continued by the same investors, and the project which is now expected to be completed in 2014, has received a new lease agreement. A formal agreement to this effect was signed between the government of...
TovábbA Green Home Supply project is expected to be run as a pilot at different housing estates in the country. This, along with other proposals, were discussed in a meeting between the Ministry of Environment and Energy and representatives from the Korea Ec...
Tovább‘Victoria must acquire more vibrancy’ The Mayor of Victoria, Jacqueline Moustache-Belle, yesterday paid a courtesy call on former President James R. Mancham at his residence at Glacis-sur-Mer, Mahé. Mrs Moustache-Belle has just returned from Congo,...
Tovább• Census shows new trends The population of Seychelles is now 90,945 people, says the 2010 population and housing census report released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last week. The number is made up of 46,912 or 51.6% males and 44,033 or 48.4% f...
TovábbA project is well underway to restore a stretch of beach at North East Point by filling it up with some 6,600 tons of sand transported from the Ile du Port stockpile. The project, which started last week, had up to yesterday morning saw some 923 tons of...
TovábbBritish Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Alistair Burt MP of North East Bedfordshire, paid a courtesy call on President James Michel at State House yesterday. Mr Burt was on a one-day working visit to Seychelles and attended the official openi...
TovábbSeychelles’ leadership role in the fight against piracy got a major boost yesterday with the official launch of a new coordination centre based at the site of the former Seychelles Coastguard base on Bois de Rose Avenue. This comes just a year after Pres...
TovábbAptly named Silhouette Island portrays an imposing presence to those looking across the Seychelles seascape from northwest Mahé. Residents of La Passe, the only main village on Silhouette, which flanks its eastern coastline, meet those gazes. La Passe ...
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