The government proposes increases in wages, minimum wage and pensions for the 2025 budget; the budget proposal is 11,9 billion rupees ($880 million), the largest budget in Seychelles' history

The district guidelines for the elderly, launched in 2001 by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs, are about to be revised and updated, following a workshop organised by the Seychelles Senior Citizens

Nature Seychelles gave two local companies, Titan Plant Hires and D&S Equipment, 'Friends of Cousin Island' award for contribution to marine conservation for equipment and services to assist the installation of large coral nursery tubes on land at Amitié

A new campaign, 'Recounting Seychelles - Investing in a New Generation of Historians and Anthropologists' was officially launched by the Ministry of Education together with the Lazare Picault Prize

The Confucius Institute of the University of Seychelles hosted an afternoon celebration of the Chinese Spring Festival to welcome the lunar new year that will take place on January 29