Carnival fever was running high on Saturday afternoon as thousands of people descended upon the town of Victoria to watch over 40 floats parade through the streets amid a blaze of colour.
It was indeed the ‘carnival of carnivals’, as Seychelles hosted yet an...
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Seychelles and Reunion will continue to co-host the Carnaval International de Victoria and an agreement to that effect has been signed to formalise this.
A memorandum of understanding was signed on Thursday evening to make the agreement formal, signed o...
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Seychelles’ maritime surveillance capacity is set to get a major boost following the delivery of a brand new Dornier aircraft from India.
Representing President James Michel, the Seychelles Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean-Paul Adam accepted the aircra...
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President gets award for leading by example
President James Michel has received a prestigious award for “his outstanding contributions towards sustainable development in Seychelles and placing Small Island State issues on the global agenda”.
The Sus...
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The wise move by Seychelles and Mauritius to jointly claim the Mascarene plateau ensured we did not lose it to United Nations’ (UN) control and we can start exploring for oil there.
Chief executive Eddy Belle of PetroSeychelles said this during the rece...
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Speaking at the 20th Assembly of the African Union (AU), Vice-President Danny Faure has once again urged all African nations to strengthen the efforts to bring peace in Somalia and end the scourge of piracy.
Leading the Seychelles delegation to the Summ...
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The plans President James Michel has for the management of the country’s future are very good, the executive director, of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) East African Constituency Mary Muduuli said yesterday.
She was speaking at State House after ...
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Seychelles' Outlook has been revised to positive from stable by Fitch ratings while simultaneously affirming the country’s long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B', long-term local currency IDR at 'B+' and Short-term foreign currency IDR at ...
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The following are a few highlights of projects and conservation activities conducted across various islands involving the Island Conservation Society (ICS) and its partners during the last year.
Shearwater project on Aride Island
ICS initiated a project ...
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A man who was here in 1977 returned after 35 years, this time with his family, and he says he is impressed by the progress he has seen and the way the environment has been preserved.
California-based Malcolm Clark and his Ethiopian wife Azeb Gessesse vi...
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‘Team work key to every success,’ says minister
Seychelles has received an award for complying with an international treaty aimed at protecting the ozone layer, a natural shield protecting us from the sun’s harmful radiation.
The Minister for Enviro...
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Belgium is the latest European country to confirm its participation in the February 8-10 Carnaval International de Victoria.
This unique event is staged annually in Seychelles and is this year being co-hosted by Seychelles, Reunion, Madagascar and Zimb...
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