Category: News
Brazil tops 4 mn cases as probe launched into origin of virus
Brazil surpassed four million coronavirus cases on Thursday, as an international panel looking into the global response to the pandemic vowed to uncov [...]
Air Seychelles operating repatriation flights to neighbouring islands of Reunion and Mauritius
Seychelles’ national airline – Air Seychelles - is operating two repatriation flights to neighbouring islands of Mauritius and Reunion on [...]
Seychelles’ coco de mer reserve on Praslin’s Fond Ferdinand under new management
Praslin’s Fond Ferdinand Nature Reserve – an area where Seychelles’ endemic coco de mer grows in its natural state – is now un [...]
Over 7,000 health workers dead from coronavirus, Amnesty says
At least 7,000 health workers worldwide have died after being infected with the coronavirus, including more than 1,300 in Mexico alone, the most for a [...]
Seychelles Court of Appeal hears arguments in Savoy Hotel case; judgement expected Oct. 2
A top court in Seychelles on Thursday heard an appeal of a previous judgment ordering Vijay Construction to pay Eastern European Engineering Limited ( [...]
Mauritian citizen becomes powerful voice for oil spill anger
In normal times, Bruneau Laurette spends his days providing armed escort to ships dodging pirates as they head through the Indian Ocean.But in recent [...]
Rules being tightened for foreign owners of private yachts in Seychelles
Foreign owners of private yachts will no longer be able to lease out their vessels in the waters of Seychelles following recent revisions made to the [...]
Outrage after Germany says Putin critic Navalny poisoned with Novichok
Germany said Wednesday that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, leading Chancellor Angela Merkel to dem [...]
Seychelles creating a ‘fisheries travel guide’ report as step to join Fisheries Transparency Initiative
In order to become a Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) compliant country, Seychelles has to submit its first report -- a kind of fisheries trav [...]
Maldives tightens tourist virus rules after spike in cases
The Maldives has tightened entry requirements for tourists after a spike in coronavirus infections at more than a dozen resorts, the foreign ministry [...]