The President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil left for South Africa yesterday after a busy three-day historic visit here that further cemented ties between her 1.2 billion population nation and Seychelles. She was seen off by President James Michel, V...
TovábbPresident James Michel has urged the Ministry of Health to embark on an aggressive public health education campaign on the dangers of substance abuse on people’s health and on the need for individuals to take care of their own health. Mr Michel said co...
TovábbTen new buses have joined the fleet of the Seychelles Public Transport Corporation (SPTC), a gift from the People’s Republic of China. The buses were officially handed over in a small ceremony held yesterday afternoon at the SPTC’s depot at New Port. ...
TovábbPresident James Michel has said that in spite of the recent increases in the price of fuel and utilities, the country needs to maintain its economic achievements so as not to regress to pre-2008 fiscal difficulties. The President was speaking during the En Moman ...
TovábbThe President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil arrived in Seychelles on board a special Air India Boeing 747 yesterday afternoon for a two-day state visit. She was warmly received by President James Michel and smiling delegations made up of our country...
TovábbA national campaign is to be launched soon to educate the population on the importance of reducing our energy consumption. The Minister for Environment and Energy, Dr Rolph Payet, said this in the National Assembly yesterday. Dr Payet also announced tha...
TovábbMore flights with tourists from China are expected, Seychelles ambassador to that country Philippe Le Gall has announced, following talks to review success of the first chartered flight. Over 150 visitors from that country came here in January aboard a chart...
TovábbThe World Bank’s board of executive directors has discussed a new US $21 million Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) with Seychelles, the country’s first comprehensive development strategy with the international financial institution in nearly two decades. T...
TovábbSeychelles is the best performing country in the region in terms of gender equality, according to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Gender and Development Index (SGDI). This came out as representatives of gender bodies met to validate th...
TovábbThe University of Seychelles (UniSey) is now able to offer students a degree course in environmental science with the possibility to specialise in a certain domain in this field. A recent 10-day workshop to prepare the groundwork for the course was att...
TovábbSeychelles has a healthy population of more than one hundred thousand tortoises roaming on the Aldabra atoll – one of the country’s two world heritage sites. From October last year to January 2012, personnel from the wildlife, trade and conservation section in...
TovábbThe Ethiopian Airlines landed at the Seychelles International Airport from its hub in Addis Ababa yesterday afternoon to launch the first of its four-weekly flights here. Present to welcome the airline’s chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam – who was als...
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