1.UNDP committed to continued support for Seychelles, says resident representative
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative for Seychelles and Mauritius, Amanda Serumaga, says UNDP is committed to continuing its support for Seychelles. She made the reaffirmation at a meeting with the principal secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Vivianne ...»

Date:14 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

2.Seychelles and UNCT meet to align their five-year strategic plan
Members of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and the government of Seychelles are currently meeting, in the form of a strategic prioritisation retreat, to discuss on the country’s development priorities for the finalisation of the new United Nations Sustainable ...»

Date:07 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

3.Exclusive interview with Siana Bistoquet, chief executive of the Seychelles Trading Company (STC)
‘If nothing happens globally to impact negatively on the economy, STC customers will early next year see a positive change in the prices of commodities’   On March 1, the Seychelles Trading Company (STC) celebrated its 15th anniversary. The state-owned ...»

Date:04 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

4.AMPS elects new executive committee
Enticing youth to join the media will be one of its priorities   The Association of Media Practitioners Seychelles (AMPS) elected its fifth executive committee during an extraordinary meeting on Thursday at the Harbour Café Bar and Restaurant, Espace Building. ...»

Date:25 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

5.First validation of Seychelles shows ‘meaningful progress’ in implementing the FiTI Standard
The FiTI International Board has recognised Seychelles’ efforts to implement the FiTI Standard with a score of ‘meaningful progress’ in the first validation of the Indian Ocean archipelago. In its final Compliance Statement, which was published today, the Board congratulated ...»

Date:24 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

6.Jeux Olympiques Paris 2024
Les Phryges, mascottes des Jeux sont aux Seychelles Et oui, elles sont enfin arrivées aux Seychelles ! Dites bonjour aux mascottes de Paris 2024 : la Phryge Olympique et la Phryge Paralympique ! Elles sont sportives, aiment faire la fête......»

Date:24 February 2023 | Category:Sport

7.13th All-Africa Games postponed to 2024
The 13th All-Africa Games slated for August 4-19 this year have been postponed to 2024 after an agreement between the competition’s major stakeholders. Ghana’s efforts to host the Games has been hampered due to an impasse over marketing rights involving ...»

Date:23 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

8.Sam Dodin promoted to deputy commissioner of the Seychelles Prison
Seven recruits join in as new prison officers   Sam Dodin is the new deputy commissioner of Seychelles Prison. The 36-year-old former chief inspector officer in charge of information, supply and logistics, was promoted to the new post by the ...»

Date:18 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

9.Les Seychelles et les Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024  
Jesse Owens le chevalier noir des Jeux Olympiques de 1936   ● Mildred Didrikson, une championne multisports   L’histoire des Jeux Olympiques se déroule comme un véritable feuilleton. Dorénavant cette manifestation est bien ancrée dans l’histoire. Dix ans après la ...»

Date:17 February 2023 | Category:Sport

10.Seychelles questions merit of a 72-day ban on FAD fishing by purse seiners in Indian Ocean
Plans to lodge its objection for lack of scientific data   Seychelles will lodge its objection to a resolution adopted at the recent Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, proposing a 72-day ban of the use of ...»

Date:14 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

11.Ministry of Health re-launches basic and advanced life support training programme
The Ministry of Health has re-launched its basic and advanced life support training programme for nurses and midwives to detect signs and to assist patients with cardiac arrest. The training programme, in collaboration with the Armerican Heart Association, is to ...»

Date:14 February 2023 | Category:Health

12.Les Seychelles et les Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024  
Faites la connaissance de Pierre de Coubertin   A seize mois des Jeux Olympiques de Paris qui auront lieu du 26 juillet au 11 août 2024, il nous a semblé indispensable d’effectuer une relecture de ce que furent les Jeux ...»

Date:13 February 2023 | Category:Sport

13.Entretien avec l’Ambassadrice de France aux Seychelles, Mme Olivia Berkeley-Christmann
« Notre relation avec les Seychelles est fondée sur la proximité et la confiance »   Depuis octobre 2022, Olivia Berkeley-Christmann est la nouvelle Ambassadrice de France aux Seychelles. Déjà elle s’engage dans plusieurs discussions et projets pour renforcer les coopérations déjà ...»

Date:08 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

14.Boxing: Golden Belt Series
Shain Boniface loses quarterfinal fight controversially   Shain Boniface has lost his welterweight (63.5 - 67kg) elite men’s quarterfinal fight controversially against Libyan Anbeeh Akram Abdulhakem on Sunday ‒ day four of the International Boxing Association World Boxing Tour ...»

Date:07 February 2023 | Category:Sport

15.Cabinet press briefing  
VP Afif explains reasons for new policy and legal memoranda   Chaired by President Wavel Ramkalawan, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a number of policy and legal memoranda in its second meeting for the year. Among the approvals was the ...»

Date:03 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

16.SMA and Cinec to enhance existing framework of collaboration
The cabinet this week approved for the Ministry of Education of Seychelles to sign a revised memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Colombo International Nautical Engineering College (Cinec) of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.  The agreement will ...»

Date:28 January 2023 | Category:Domestic

17.Confucious Institute celebrates Spring Festival
The Confucius Institute celebrated the Chinese Spring Festival (New Year) at the Chinese Cultural Centre in Victoria last Friday. Celebrated on January 22, this year is the beginning of the year of the Rabbit and ending the year of the Tiger. To ...»

Date:25 January 2023 | Category:Domestic

18.Football   La Passe biggest winners in National Champions League
La Passe are the biggest winners so far in the National Champions League which started last week after the completion of the first round followed by a three-week break. La Digue-based La Passe beat Defence Forces 3-1 in their first ...»

Date:20 January 2023 | Category:Sport

19.Football   Seychellois Hensley Petrousse officiates at Chan  
Seychellois Hensley Petrousse is in Algeria as one of the officials at the ongoing 2023 African Nations Football championship. Petrousse is the only Seychellois official picked in the capacity of assistant referee in the list of 52 officials representing 32 ...»

Date:18 January 2023 | Category:Sport

20.Dance students put on dazzling performance after one-week training  
Family members, friends, invited guests and members of the public were on Saturday afternoon able to enjoy a classical dance performance by some 40 students from the School of Dance who underwent a week training session by renowned British dancer ...»

Date:17 January 2023 | Category:Domestic