{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Seychelles}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Seychelles Nation | logo = | logo_size = | image = Seychelles_Nation%27_Front_Page.jpg | image_size = 240px | type = Daily newspaper | format = Compact | founded = 1976 | relaunched = | owners = Government of Seychelles | headquarters = Victoria, Seychelles | editor = Patsy Canaya | website = {{URL|https://www.nation.sc/}} | publisher = National Information Services Agency (NISA) | language = English, French, Seychellois Creole | ISSN = 1607-6516 | oclc = 19339571 }}
The '''''Seychelles Nation''''' is a daily newspaper in Seychelles. It is now considered to be the national newspaper of Seychelles and is published Mondays to Saturday by the National Information Services Agency (NISA).<ref>[http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/contacts/profile.php?id=9114 "Media Organizations in Seychelles"] Accessed December 12, 2012</ref>
==History== After Seychelles gained independence from Great Britain on June 29, 1976, the newspaper, then called ''Seychelles Bulletin'', changed its name to ''Nation''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pfsr.org/history-of-seychelles/history-of-the-seychelles-nation-newspaper/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701065512/http://www.pfsr.org/history-of-seychelles/history-of-the-seychelles-nation-newspaper/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 1, 2016|title=History of the Seychelles NATION newspaper - Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture|website=www.pfsr.org}}</ref> In January 1984, the paper was renamed ''Seychelles Nation''. On January 4, 2012, the paper's design underwent a complete overhaul.
The paper is widely distributed to government ministries, departments, businesses, airlines and hotels, as well as subscribers. It has the widest circulation in the country, of between 3500 and 4000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nation.sc/article.html?id=85|title=Nation Home|website=www.nation.sc|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref> It is distributed every day to all the main islands from its office in the center of Victoria and distribution points around Mahé.
== Format == The ''Seychelles Nation'' covers national, regional, sports, and international news. It is the government's mouthpiece as it carries reports on all government-related issues. It has 20 colored pages on weekdays,<ref>[http://article.wn.com/view/2012/11/03/Coloured_weekday_Seychelles_Nation_debuts_Monday/ "Coloured Weekday Seychelle Nation debuts Monday"]. Accessed December 20, 2012</ref> and the ''Weekend Nation'', as it is called on Saturdays, has 24 pages.<ref>[http://www.statehouse.gov.sc/index.php/press-releases/167-president-appoints-national-information-services-agency-ceo-and-board "President Appoints National Information Services Agency CEO and Board"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130418021738/http://www.statehouse.gov.sc/index.php/press-releases/167-president-appoints-national-information-services-agency-ceo-and-board|date=2013-04-18}} Accessed December 3, 2012</ref>
The newspaper carries a selection of feature stories on specific days. These include human-interest, education, agriculture, sports, health, family and games. Letters and views from the readers on any subject and issues deemed constructive and informative are also published. Eleven pages of the newsprint is dedicated to advertisements and advertorials every day.<ref>[http://www.yellowpages.sc/en/yellow_pages/index.php?what=Newspapers&where=Seychelles "Directory of Newspapers in Seychelles"] Accessed December 20, 2012</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.nation.sc}}
Category:Newspapers published in Seychelles Category:English-language newspapers published in Africa Category:Publications with year of establishment missing
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