1.Stakeholders fighting marine litter, plastic pollution seek to strengthen actions, better coordinate efforts
Major stakeholders working to fight marine litter and plastic pollution in Seychelles met this week to discuss how to strengthen their actions, better coordinate their efforts in the continued fight against the scourge and update themselves on the subject. The ...»

Date:02 April 2022 | Category:Domestic

2.SMSA reviews legal maritime framework to adhere to EU Port Security and Safety of Navigation
The Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with the Seychelles Maritime Safety Authority (SMSA) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), is hosting a one-week workshop with key local maritime stakeholders to review its legal framework and IMO conventions with regard to ...»

Date:29 March 2022 | Category:Domestic

3.Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Paris 2024   Six young athletes benefit from Olympic Solidarity scholarships
Six young Seychellois athletes are recipients of the Olympic Scholarships for Athletes ‘Paris 2024’ programme for the quadrennial 2021–2024. The objective of the scholarships is to help elite athletes in their preparation and qualification for the Games of the XXXIII ...»

Date:24 March 2022 | Category:Sport

4.Consumer rights: The importance of ensuring the protection of every financial consumer in the digital age
The rapid pace of technological advances is changing how people live, work, conduct business, interact and provide solutions to some of the world’s challenges. This rise in technology is also changing the financial services landscape, which is crucial to the ...»

Date:19 March 2022 | Category:Domestic

5.Stakeholders discuss proposals to control coastal erosion and flooding
Representative from ministries, agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and foreign donors met on Monday to discuss proposals to control erosion and flooding along the coast. The validation stakeholders’ workshop for the proposed coastal defence and adaptation solutionsto control erosion and flooding ...»

Date:16 March 2022 | Category:Domestic

6.Message from the Minister for Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, Naadir Hassan on World Consumer Rights Day 2022
‘Digital finance in Seychelles has seen an explosion in growth’   “As is customary every year, yet again, the consumer world is celebrating the World Consumer Rights Day on March 15. This year’s theme is ‘Fair Digital Finance’. “What is ...»

Date:15 March 2022 | Category:Domestic

7.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

8.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

9.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

10.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

11.‘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

12.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

13.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

14.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

15.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

16.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

17.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

18.  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

19.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

20.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