Category: News
Seychelles again opens doors to all countries, dropping 5 from the restricted list
Attention all visitors: You're again welcome in Seychelles.
The island nation is open to visitors from all countries again after travel restriction [...]
Sign of new times: Street names recalling coup in Seychelles’ to be changed
Fifteen streets in the Seychelles' capital of Victoria whose names are linked to the 1977 coup d'état will see their names changed, said a top offici [...]
‘Hero’ cabbie praised as UK terror police probe deadly blast
British counter-terrorism police were questioning three men on Monday after a "heroic" taxi driver reportedly foiled a plot to bomb a packed Remembra [...]
Military operation discovers Seychellois man reported missing for several weeks
A Seychellois man who was reported missing in October has been found on board a foreign dhow during a joint military operation, and President Wavel R [...]
Kadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam signs up for Libya presidency
Wanted Libyan war crimes suspect Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi and once seen as his heir apparent, registered to run Su [...]
20 large weather balloons being launched from Seychelles to study water vapour levels
Seychelles is being used as the base for an Earth observation programme using stratospheric super pressure balloons led by the French national scient [...]
Macron sheds tears for French Resistance hero on Armistice Day
President Emmanuel Macron shed tears as he paid a final homage to Hubert Germain, the last French Resistance hero recognised by Charles de Gaulle fro [...]
Data on Seychelles’ seagrass, a vital carbon sink, is shared at climate conference
Initial data gathered from a mapping study on Seychelles' seagrass meadows was presented at the UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, sai [...]
Mauritius imposes new virus curbs as cases jump
The Indian Ocean island paradise of Mauritius imposed a raft of new Covid-19 curbs on Friday as it confronted an upsurge in cases despite a high vacc [...]
Seychelles-supported ‘Great Blue Wall’ initiative launched at global climate change conference
An initiative to conserve, restore and sustainably use marine and coastal ecosystems in the western Indian Ocean called the Great Blue Wall launched [...]