Seychelles’ designated minister, Jean-Francois Ferrari, will lead a committee formed to hold talks with the creditors of Air Seychelles, who have filed a petition against the airline, officials said after a high-level meeting Friday.President Wavel Ram…
A first-ever video showing a giant tortoise stalking, killing and eating a baby chick on Seychelles’ Fregate island has gone viral.The video captured so much attention in part because giant tortoises were not previously known to hunt living prey. The v…
President Wavel Ramkalawan and relevant government ministers will meet with the board of directors of Air Seychelles to discuss a petition filed against the airline over debts owed to the EA Partners Bondholders, State House said on Thursday.According …
Air Seychelles, the national carrier of the island nation in the western Indian Ocean, has a Seychellois at the helm for the first time in 10 years.Sandy Benoiton, a certified pilot, took up the role of acting chief executive of the airline on July 1, …
More than 100 Bangladeshi nationals have joined the workforce in Seychelles in a bid to boost the agricultural sector, said a top employment official on Wednesday.Out of the 121 Bangladeshi nationals who left their country last Friday on a chartered fl…
A new steering committee will begin work next week to turn the Seychelles into a digital economy, making way for a more open and transparent government.The Minister for Finance, Naadir Hassan made the announcement during a press conference, revealing t…
Staff who will represent Seychelles at the Expo 2020 in Dubai attended a one-day training to learn more about the different components of the island nation’s pavilion.Under the theme ‘Preserve Nature’, Seychelles will feature in the sustainability pavi…
Plans to run a large-scale farming project on Coetivy island are still being pursued despite some hurdles that have arisen, a top official of the Islands Development Company (IDC) said on Monday.In August last year, a group of farmers went on a tour of…
Telecommunication services in Seychelles will get a boost from a new cable system that will be leased by Intelvision, a local service provider, with support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC).The new cable system is expected to be in plac…
Kite surfers took flight across the waters of Seychelles’ Praslin island recently as the local Yachting Association has started organising weekly competitions in the island nation.Kitesurfing is a wind-powered sport popular on beaches around the world …