1.Seychelles holds first national stakeholders’ consultative workshop on Technology Assessment
Seychelles is hosting a first workshop to assess the types of technologies that can be used to help transform agriculture, fisheries and energy sectors, as well as identify their effect on social, economic and environmental aspects. The two-day National stakeholders’ ...»

Date:03 March 2022 | Category:Domestic

2.Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022
Seychellois medallists return   Gold medallist Clementina Agricole, bronze medallist Ruby Malvina and silver medallist Romantha Larue returned home yesterday afternoon after competing in the Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022 which doubled as a qualification event for the 2022 ...»

Date:03 March 2022 | Category:Sport

3.Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022
Agricole claims 59kg gold medal   Malvina wins bronze, Larue captures silver   Clementina Agricole is the women’s 59kg weight category champion of the Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022 as Seychelles captured three medals ‒ a gold, a silver ...»

Date:28 February 2022 | Category:Sport

4.Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022   Three local lifters compete in Mauritius
Only three of the four Seychellois weightlifters who were earmarked to take part in the Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022 left Seychelles yesterday morning for Mauritius. Seychelles is being represented in the Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022, which ...»

Date:24 February 2022 | Category:Sport

5.‘Sids have risen to international prominence because we dared where others dithered’
“Small island developing states (Sids) have risen to international prominence because we dared where others dithered. When necessary, we voiced out and challenged the status quo. In doing so we showed the world that international politics is not about geographic ...»

Date:16 February 2022 | Category:Presidency

6.Les engagements de Brest pour l’océan
Plus de 100 pays, venus de tous les bassins maritimes et représentant plus de la moitié des zones économiques exclusives mondiales, ont fait part de leur détermination à préserver les océans en contribuant aux « Engagements de Brest pour l’Océan », aux ...»

Date:16 February 2022 | Category:Domestic

7.Nouvel An chinois 2022
Le traditionnel Nouvel An chinois est la plus grande des célébrations des communautés asiatiques du monde entier. Cette année, il se tient ce mardi 1er février 2022. A cette date, débutera l’année du tigre d’eau, qui remplacera l’année du buffle ...»

Date:01 February 2022 | Category:Domestic

8.Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022
Four lifters get ready to compete   Four Seychellois weightlifters are training to take part in the Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022 which will also serve as a qualification event for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The four lifters ...»

Date:14 January 2022 | Category:Sport

9.Maryvonne Pool appointed Pan African Leadership and Entrepreneurship Centre board chairperson
Seychellois Maryvonne Pool has been appointed chairperson of the board of directors of the Pan African Leadership and Entrepreneurship Centre. Her appointment by the board of directors of the Pan African Leadership and Entrepreneurship Centre (PALEDEC) took effect on January ...»

Date:13 January 2022 | Category:Domestic

10.New sporting year, new possibilities
The 2022 sporting year starts well for Seychelles with two football officials ‒ referee Bernard Camille and assistant referee James Emile ‒ having already travelled to Cameroon to officiate in the TotalEnergies African Cup of Nations ‒ the competition that ...»

Date:04 January 2022 | Category:Sport

11.Local sports once again halted by Covid-19 pandemic, interesting results on international front
For a second consecutive year, sports in Seychelles were again halted in 2021 due to health restrictions as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. It was only during the second half of the year that sports activities were allowed, ...»

Date:31 December 2021 | Category:Sport

12.  Contact Group on piracy off the coast of Somalia (CGPCS)
Regional States, international bodies discuss CGPCS draft strategic plan, review focus beyond piracy   Progress of the work for the formulation of a strategic plan which aims to map out the future of the Contact Group on piracy off the ...»

Date:22 December 2021 | Category:Domestic

13.Seychelles releases its 2020 Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) report
Seychelles on Wednesday this week submitted its 2020 report to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), summarising key information on the status of Seychelles’ fisheries sector and detailing the extent of the country’s compliance with the FiTI Standard. The FiTI Standard ...»

Date:17 December 2021 | Category:Fisheries and Agriculture

14.Assembly Budget for More Entities considered(M-A.L) In the National Assembly Financial allocations for more entities considered, approved on last day of Assembly budget process
The budget allocated to several more entities for next year were considered and approved during the National Assembly’s afternoon sitting yesterday, the last in a series of several sittings to address the 2022 appropriation process. The National Assembly unfortunately could ...»

Date:11 December 2021 | Category:National Assembly

15.Assembly approves budget allocations for two more ministries, their different departments and entities
A budget allocation of R14,103,000 for the Ministry of Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry as well as another allocation of R162,372,000 for the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade were considered and approved by the National ...»

Date:09 December 2021 | Category:Domestic

16.Deepen China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era  
The Chinese ambassador to Seychelles, Guo Wei, talks about fruitful outcomes of the eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).   From November 29 to 30, 2021, the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) ...»

Date:06 December 2021 | Category:Domestic

17.Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
Minister Ferrari leads Seychelles’ delegation at the 8th ministerial conference   Designated Minister and Minister for Fisheries and the Blue Economy, Jean-François Ferrari, led the Seychelles delegation at the 8th Ministerial Conference on the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac), which ...»

Date:01 December 2021 | Category:Fisheries and Agriculture

18.Nairobi Convention
Minister Joubert attends 10th conference of parties The Conference of Parties is the decision-making forum of the Nairobi Convention where policies and strategies are agreed on to continue the protection, management, and development of the Western Indian Ocean.  The 10th ...»

Date:29 November 2021 | Category:Environment

19.  Road to Paris 2024/Los Angeles 2028 project – ‘Bring the first Olympic medal home’   Seychelles aims for first Olympic medal   By Marie-Anne Lepathy  
Seychelles has set its sight on winning the country’s first Olympic medal through a new initiative dubbed ‘Road to Paris 2024/Los Angeles 2028 project – Bring the first Olympic medal home’. The new initiative was officially launched on Friday afternoon ...»

Date:15 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

20.Budget Speech 2022 by the Minister for Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, Naadir Hassan, on Friday November 12, 2021
‘Ensuring that wealth is shared in a sustainable way’   Mr. Speaker, Honourable Leader of the Opposition, Honourable Leader of Government Business, Honourable Members, My fellow brothers and sisters, people of Seychelles. Good morning. Introduction Mr. Speaker, the year 2021 ...»

Date:13 November 2021 | Category:National Assembly