Seychelles will celebrate the 36th edition of the Creole Festival this year on a smaller scale in view of the restrictions on large gatherings amid COVID-19, said the Mayor of Victoria.The event is making a return to the islands one year after it was c…
A cricket team from Seychelles will participate in the T20 World Cup Africa qualifier tournament in Kigali, Rwanda from October 16 to 17.Team Seychelles left the country on Wednesday for the seven-day tournament in which the island nation will play in …
Seychelles’ first skydiving event, originally scheduled for last year but postponed due to COVID-19, will now take place in October from 17 to 23.Around 50 skydivers are scheduled to participate in the ‘Innhop Experience’ which is an event being organi…
Seychelles’ Desroches island is consuming 90 percent less fuel thanks to the installation of a 2.5-megawatt solar farm commissioned by the Islands Development Company (IDC).The solar farm on Desroches was inaugurated on Saturday by President Wavel Ramk…
The Seychelles Anti Narcotic Bureau (ANB) made 91 arrests in the month of September including the arrest of a Kenyan national.In a communique on Friday, ANB said that in total it seized 1.2kg of cannabis, 100.09g of cannabis resin and 15 cannabis plant…
Visitor arrivals in Seychelles have surpassed last year’s figures, showing that the tourism industry is well on the way to recovery, the nation’s top tourism official said.The 114,859th visitor arrived in the island nation on a Qatar Airways flight on …
Seychelles will become the first country outside of Europe to host the BlueInvest Africa forum, an event being held in March to boost the African Union-European Union partnership in the area of the blue economy.BlueInvest Africa targets African start-u…
In the effort to address threats that coral reefs in the waters of Seychelles face, the government has developed a national policy and strategic action plan for coral conservation and management.One of the plan’s objectives is to establish an effective…
All commercial banks in Seychelles have implemented the monetary policies announced by the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) in June after they were given an ultimatum to do so by October 1, an official said.The chairman of the Seychelles Bankers Associ…
Apex hotel supplies in Seychelles is asking anyone who bought Ceres 100% Apple Juice to return the product to the company for a refund after a notice that it may contain toxic levels of a fungus.The announcement from Apex follows a notice issued by the…