Seychelles News

H.H. Gen. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, welcomed today President of Seychelles James Alix Michel as part of his visit to the UAE to attend the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi grand prix.

An IMF mission led by Mr. Paul Mathieu visited Victoria during October 19-November 2 to assess performance at end-September for the third review under the Stand-by Arrangement and discuss a new 3-year arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility.

Pictured at the Ratledge Family Awards ceremony are, from left, Gordon Johnson, recipient; Robin Morgan, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Debby Boyer, recipient; and Michael Gamel-McCormick, dean of the College of Education and Public Policy.

Masdar, Abu Dhabi's multi-faceted future energy initiative wholly owned by the Mubadala Development Company, and the Seychelles Government announced they will be carrying out a wind resource assessment study for the proposed wind power project on the island of Mahe.

The overwhelming public impression of the Seychelles is of idyllic tropical islands, untouched by the troubles of a turbulent region, and highly popular with upmarket Western tourists.

Somali pirates say they have seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and are taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation.

Pirates seized a Panama-flag ship 180 nautical miles west of the Seychelles, Bloomberg reported.

The Republic of Seychelles announced that the U.S. is providing drones to help fight against the ever vigilant Somali pirates , who have been very busy as of late .

Sometimes, that old adage, "Can't see the forest for the trees in the way" can take on a positive connotation.

The Republic of Seychelles, a small island nation in the western Indian Ocean, has targeted China as the most promising source of its tourism market.

VLADIVOSTOK: A Russian Pacific Fleet task force has resumed anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden after a five-day visit to the Seychelles, a fleet spokesman said on Thursday.

OFFSHORE legal, fiduciary and administration service provider Appleby and the largest law firm in the Isle of Man Dickinson Cruickshank have formally completed a merger.

Soldiers stationed aboard two French tuna trawlers tried to warn the pirates away with flares and warning shots, but once the pirates used their weapons the French soldiers returned fire, said French military spokesman Rear Adm.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting begins in Port-of-Spain on November 27 and continues for three days.

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The Pirate Bay founders: Peter Sunde Kolmissoppi, Fredrik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm.

Hospitality group Berjaya Hotels & Resorts plans to sell off its properties in Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Singapore and London to concentrate on its more profitable markets in Asia-Pacific. Chief executive officer Joseph Won said the group wants to sell Berjaya Colombo Hotel and Berjaya Singapore Hotel, exiting entirely from Sri Lanka and Singapore, ...

No country is small if it is surrounded by the sea. If you need to ask someone why that statement is true, I suggest you ring up the director of national defense of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maj.

While most Americans are focused on conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, primarily because we have troops in active combat there, potentially significant threats to the U.S. are simmering elsewhere, from China to Russia, from India to Pakistan a ' and one of the world's most secluded celebrity tourist destinations may prove to be the Cuba of the new ...

Investor performance : - Annus horribilis - airline industry performance has been bad with over 40 airlines suspended from the IATA settlement system in the last 15 months for non payments - Turnover of Kshs.