1.New lease of life for L’Union Estate   By Patsy Canaya  
L’Union Estate is expected to get a new lease of life after the cabinet of ministers approved a series of work to revitalize the place and make it profitable, showcase Seychelles heritage and promote a cultural experience. The proposal by ...»

Date:28 July 2022 | Category:Domestic

2.Work on Victoria Waterfront project to start January 2024   By Patsy Canaya
After a five-year delay the Victoria Waterfront project is getting underway with the setting up of a technical team by mid-August, spearheaded by the Seychelles Investment Bureau, to oversee the investment and tender process, and subsequent construction starting in January ...»

Date:27 July 2022 | Category:Domestic

3.New, solid tax system for next twenty years   By Patsy Canaya
The Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) has announced that it is introducing a new tax management system (TMS) to automate and modernise its processes. Speaking at a press conference at the SRC’s headquarters at Maison Collet yesterday afternoon, the SRC’s deputy ...»

Date:14 July 2022 | Category:Domestic

4.Opinion - The economic potential of Seychelles
This paper expands upon some of the topics and ideas present in position paper number 3; ‘Desirable and realistic economic diversification”. Firstly, let us consider matters relevant to Seychelles’ national economic potential. Much has been written and stated (within a ...»

Date:07 July 2022 | Category:Domestic

5.Visitor numbers continue to surpass expectations
By Marla Simeon   Visitor arrivals to Seychelles as well as visitor spending continue to surpass expectations and so far there is no indication that this will change. This was said by the principal secretary for tourism, Sherin Francis, during ...»

Date:06 July 2022 | Category:Tourism

6.The battle of narratives around the food crisis  
Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens to create a global wave of hunger. We must urgently enable Ukraine to export its grains through the Black Sea. We also see a ‘battle of narratives’ around Russian grains and fertiliser exports. While our ...»

Date:01 July 2022 | Category:Domestic

7.ICS alerts authorities on suspected poachers of Sooty Terns’ eggs and wildlife on African Banks  
The photos accompanying this article depict a suspected group of Seychellois men while they were coming ashore to African Banks on June 18, 2022 at around 11 am. It seems they may have been at sea for quite a while ...»

Date:25 June 2022 | Category:Domestic

8.44th National Inter-Schools Athletics Championships
Intensifying efforts to further promote and develop physical education and sports   The Ministry of Education's new strategic plan 2021-2024 places a lot of emphasis on the holistic development of all students within the system, and in this context, extra-curricular ...»

Date:20 June 2022 | Category:Sport

9.Cricket: MSC / Enjoy Super League T20 tournament   GSP 7 - A, Gran Kaz Kings winners
Gran Kaz Kings (division one) and GSP 7 - A (division two) are the winners of their respective categories of the MSC / Enjoy Super League T20 after winning the finals played on Sunday at the Persévérance ground. GSP 7 ...»

Date:15 June 2022 | Category:Sport

10.Local sailors leave for training camp
Local International Laser Class Association (ILCA) sailors (previously known as the Laser class), Dean Mathiot and Loïc D’Offay left Seychelles on Thursday for a three-month training camp with SailCoach in Malta. Mathiot and D’Offay are using the training camp in ...»

Date:11 June 2022 | Category:Sport

11.  Stakeholders discuss new concept design for port rehabilitation project
The lenders for the Port Victoria Rehabilitation and Extension Project (PVREP), along with the foreign consultants, are since Sunday in the country to conduct a week’s series of update meetings with the Ministry of Transport, the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) ...»

Date:01 June 2022 | Category:Domestic

12.United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 22nd Global Meeting of the Regional Seas
Addressing the issues of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution   The Regional Seas Programme is one of United Nations Environment Programme’s most significant achievements and forms an integral part of ocean governance and cooperation at regional and global level, ...»

Date:26 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

13.Pour Olivier Girault, Champion Olympique de Handball :
« Les Gymnasiades sont les Jeux Olympiques des scolaires »   ● Les enfants des Seychelles ont leur place dans ce concert international   En mars dernier Olivier Girault, l’un des plus grands joueurs de hand ball de la planète, champion ...»

Date:26 May 2022 | Category:Sport

14.United Nations Country Team (UNCT) retreat May 18 to 20
Seychelles, UNCT hold first multi-sector policy dialogue   The cabinet of ministers, heads of different United Nations agencies covering Seychelles and Mauritius or UN country team members, principal secretaries, several senior government officials, yesterday held high-level discussions during a day-long ...»

Date:20 May 2022 | Category:Elections 2020

15.Pilot test of blended learning platform gets positive feedback
A pilot project to test out a blended learning platform in various schools around Mahé has received positive feedback from everyone involved. The three-month pilot project, nicknamed the Vanilla school (Vschool) project, was conducted by Mavericks Pty Ltd in collaboration ...»

Date:16 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

16.Remains of late Gerard Hoarau to be repatriated to Seychelles
The remains of late political activist Gerard Hoarau, who was assassinated while in exile in the United Kingdom on November 29, 1985, is expected to be repatriated to the country by November 2024. Chairman of the Gerard Hoarau Foundation, Collin ...»

Date:23 April 2022 | Category:Presidency

17.IOC confirms qualification criteria and weight classes for Paris 2024 Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved changes to boxing and weightlifting weight categories for Paris 2024, with the qualification system for the Games having been approved. The IOC announced in December that both troubled sports would see reductions in ...»

Date:11 April 2022 | Category:Sport

18.The newly accredited Finnish ambassador to Seychelles meets with Speaker of the National Assembly
The newly accredited ambassador of Finland to Seychelles, Pirkka Tapiola, paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Roger Mancienne, yesterday morning. Speaker Mancienne was accompanied by the chairperson of the International Affairs Committee, Hon. Waven ...»

Date:09 April 2022 | Category:National Assembly

19.Ambassador of Finland pays courtesy call on Seychelles Foreign minister  
The Ambassador of the Republic of Finland, Pirkka Tapiola, paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, on Monday this week, ahead of his accreditation yesterday. Seychelles and Finland have shared excellent bilateral relations, ...»

Date:06 April 2022 | Category:Domestic

20.2023-2024 Fulbright foreign student program   Seychellois encouraged to apply for Master’s, PhD or one year graduate study  
The embassy of the United States of America to Mauritius and Seychelles are accepting applications from qualified Mauritian and Seychellois citizens only for the 2023-2024 Fulbright Foreign Student Program. Grantees will be funded for up to two years of degree ...»

Date:06 April 2022 | Category:Domestic