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Mack around the world ? The Macksolo project

Mack Rutherford, the 16-year-old pilot of Belgian and British nationality and who is attempting to break the current world record to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world, yesterday morning met with a group of aspiring young people wh…

National Assembly members vote to approve a national award system

The National Assembly has considered and approved for the setting up of a national award system.This follows the approval of the National Awards Bill presented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism Sylvestre Radegonde.Members voted 21 votes f…

Princess Theodora Von Leichtenstein calls on President Ramkalawan

As part of her official visit, Princess Theodora Von Leichtenstein yesterday paid a courtesy call on President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House where she shared the vision of her Green Teen Team Foundation towards protecting our planet’s biodiversity.Ac…

Participants learn technical coaching in beach Volleyball

Thirteen coaches from the Seychelles Volleyball Federation (SVF) are following a four-day technical coaching course in beach volleyball.The beach volleyball technical coaching course being held at the Olympic House, Roche Caïman, is the first to be org…

Small-scale fisheries management

Karine Rassool, 32, who recently earned her PhD in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management from the University of York, funded by the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) under the EU Sectoral Support, has acknowledged stakeholder participat…

Blinken Urges Algeria to Rethink Stands on Russia, Western Sahara

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a three-nation tour of the Middle East and North Africa on Wednesday with appeals for Algeria to limit ties with Russia and look to improve relations with neighboring Morocco.”The countries of North Afr…

SNYA members to be elected

Going forward, new members of the Seychelles National Youth Assembly (SNYA) will be elected rather than selected.It was the chief executive of the Seychelles National Youth Council (SNYC), Penny Belmont, who made the announcement on Saturday morning at…