Author: Seychelles News Agency
Hungary offers scholarships to 10 Seychellois students per year in priority areas of study
More students from Seychelles are expected to benefit from scholarships in Hungary after the signing of a first Memorandum of Understanding with the H [...]
Seychelles’ second-quarter GDP drops 17 percent due to COVID-19 effects
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that Seychelles' Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted 17.2 percent in the second quarter of [...]
Curfew in Nigeria’s Lagos over ‘monster’ protests
Authorities on Tuesday imposed an indefinite curfew in Nigeria's economic hub Lagos as the police ordered out anti-riot units nationwide to face prote [...]
Seychelles’ political campaigns to go dark 24 hours before first ballots are cast Thursday
Voters in Seychelles begin casting ballots in the island nation's presidential and National Assembly election on Thursday, the first of three days of [...]
Visitors to Seychelles could ‘work-from-home’ during their beach vacation, tourism minister says
The Seychelles Tourism Board is encouraging visitors to use the island nation as a home office, combining a bit of work with a holiday visit during a [...]
UAE eyes deals on first official visit to Israel
A United Arab Emirates delegation left on the country's first official visit to Israel on Tuesday, with a string of deals set to be signed after the t [...]
Next chapter in long-running Savoy Hotel court case to be heard Nov. 3 in Seychelles’ Constitutional court
The Seychelles Constitutional Court on Tuesday set November 3 to hear the preliminary objection filed by the lawyer of the Eastern European Engineerin [...]
UN Security Council discusses Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
United Nations Security Council members called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to respect a new ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh during a meeting on the disput [...]
South Africa’s health minister says has Covid-19
South Africa's Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said he has tested positive for Covid-19 just two days after the country's diagnosed cases topped 700,000. [...]
Tourism Yes! New campaign launched in Seychelles for local support of the industry
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) has launched a new campaign targeting to boost support for the importance of the tourism industry and its contribut [...]