With the aim of helping Seychelles achieve good results in international sports competitions, a group of Seychelles honorary consuls from Europe made a donation of various sports equipment on Friday. The donation was presented to the respective sports federation in a small ceremony held at the sports ministry headquarters
International outbound passengers from Seychelles will be able to submit embarkation information digitally as they prepare to exit as of November 2, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Monday. Citizens of Seychelles and permit holders starting their travel from Seychelles, will be required to log on to the
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan has sent a message of congratulations to Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Sunak became the new UK Prime Minister after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, October 25, following his election by the Conservative
Seychelles has taken another important step into the digital era with the launching of the National Digital Identification platform on Monday. Called ‘SeyID’, the platform is based on WISeKey’s WiseID, which is said to guarantee a high level of digital identity and online security. Sey-ID is already available to
A Seychellois poet has been honoured posthumously by the poetry community as part of the 37th edition of the Creole Festival. Edwin Henriette, a poet, writer and champion of the Creole culture, was honoured in a recital called ‘Onnor Enn nou menm’ [honouring one of our own] held at
Teams from Seychelles, Mauritius and Kenya dealing directly with illicit maritime activities will apply in practical scenarios the knowledge and skills acquired through previous United Nations Offices on Drugs and Crime’s Global Maritime Crime Programme (UNODC) training in a 12-day exercise. This will take place during the first-ever Maritime
Students from several schools in Seychelles who work hard to learn all about the ocean had the chance to visit the Monaco Explorations’ research vessel ‘S.A . Agulhas 2’ in Port Victoria on Monday. The visit was part of a project that teaches students about the marine environment, conservation
The Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) in Seychelles has warned that there could be more severe treated water restrictions in the coming weeks if the water supply in the country does not improve, said a top official on Monday. The general manager for the Water Division at PUC, Ibrahima Diallo,
Seychelles has submitted its notification to participate voluntarily and support the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme in International Aviation (CORSIA) as of January 2023, the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) said on Wednesday. The submission was made in a short ceremony by the SCCA CEO, Garry Albert, to the
The Seychelles Public Transport Corporation (SPTC) will debut its electric public buses in four years’ time as the island nation aims to have a fully electric transport system in the future, said a top official. The E-mobility project which was launched officially on Thursday will take four years to