Category: News
India offers funds to Sri Lanka in bid to outdo China
India, anxious to counter China's influence in the region, on Friday offered hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Sri Lanka as the island's new p [...]
European Union to give Seychelles 10 million euros to support economic partnership agreement
Seychelles will get 10 million euros from the European Union under a new contract to support the island nation's implementation of the current Economi [...]
Talks on gov’t salary increase in Seychelles to re-open after top court quashes president’s suit
The Seychelles Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed the petition brought by President Danny Faure against the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ni [...]
Former Maldives leader jailed for money laundering
Disgraced Maldives ex-president Abdulla Yameen was sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering on Thursday after a corruption probe into th [...]
Free screening of massive Aldabra clean-up project taking place Friday in Seychelles’ capital
A documentary film on the Aldabra clean-up project called 'Island Under Siege' will be screened for free at Deepam Cinema in Victoria on Friday, Novem [...]
Seychelles and EU discuss partnerships, exchange views during annual dialogue
Seychelles' government and representatives from the European Union met for the 7th EU-Seychelles Political Dialogue to discuss strengthening the partn [...]
First direct Seychelles-Israel flight lands in island nation
Seychelles now has a direct link with Tel Aviv following the touchdown of the inaugural flight carried out by the island nation's airline on Thursday. [...]
A shootout and a visit from a Duke: 8 November events in Seychelles’ history
November serves as a reminder for most adults of the stress that the month ahead brings. Whilst many cringes at the thought of the madness that Christ [...]
Poll shows UK Tories headed for comfortable win
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives are heading for a comfortable win in next month's election, according to a detailed new poll, ami [...]
Madagascar capital at stake in local polls
Ten million voters in Madagascar were called out to vote Wednesday in local elections where the biggest prize is the capital Antananarivo, held by the [...]