E.U. Grants Seychelles 5.9m Euros for Budgetary Support

The European Union (EU) has decided to give the Seychelles government €5.9 million as part of a budgetary support grant. Announcing the news on Saturday in Victoria, Claudia Wiedey, head of delegation of the EU Commission in the Indian Ocean indicated...

Seychelles Police Seize Nine Suspected Somali Pirates

The Seychelles police said on Thursday that 9 suspected Somali pirates were seized at the northern edge of Seychelles’ exclusive economic zone which borders Somali waters and brought to the Seychellois capital Victoria. The police said in a statement...

Seychellois Households to Pay 16% Less for Electricity

Seychellois households will pay 16% less for their electricity consumption as from May 1, APA has learned. The executive chairman of the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) Philippe Morin indicated in a statement on Thursday in Victoria that the decision...

Seychelles President Announces New Police Internal Affairs Unit

Seychelles President James Michel has announced the setting up of a police internal affairs unit in order to fight corruption. He said the initiative will allay the concerns of the public regarding alleged improper conduct of some members of the police...

Seychelles President, Ministers Make Historic Declaration of Assets

In a historic move, Seychelles President James Michel and ministers signed their declarations of assets at State House in the Seychellois capital Victoria, in front of the chairperson and chief executive of the Public Officers’ Ethics Commission...

Managing Director of the IMF Says That Seychelles Economic Reforms Deserve International Support

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has praised the economic reforms that the Seychelles government is presently carrying out and has put forward a proposition that the IMF support the reforms with a...