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Algeria will play the Republic of Ireland in an international friendly in Dublin on 29 May.
The Desert Foxes will be using the game as part of their build up to the World Cup in South Africa, which kicks off two weeks later.
Rabah Saadane’s squad are due to meet on 20 May for a training camp More >
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Renault SA (RNO.FR) confirmed Thursday that it’s working on a plan to build a vehicle assembly plant in Algeria as a way to avoid high import duties.
“It’s just a project. Nothing has been concluded,” Renault Chief Operating Officer Patrick Pelata told journalists on the sidelines of a presentation of Renault’s 2009 results. However, “the discussions More >
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Algeria is a religiously tolerant nation that will never encroach on the rights of non-Muslims to w
orship, Religious Affairs Minister Bouabdellah Ghlamallah told participants at an Algiers seminar on Wednesday (February 10th).
Under the banner of “Religious Worship: A Right Ensured by
Religion and by the Law”, the February 10th-11th conference convened representatives of several religions and More >
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When Cote De Ivory scored their second goal at 89 minute everyone in the room thought Algeria lost their quarterfinal match of the African Cup of Nations 2010. But wait a moment the players in the ground did not lose their spirit and made a stunning come back by scoring an equalizer in the second More >
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Algeria is implementing a new investment strategy to promote home-grown industry, even if that risks deterring foreign investors, the head of the country’s main business lobby said.
Government measures adopted this year have set fresh caps on foreigners’ shareholdings and, analysts say, signal growing economic nationalism in Algeria, a big exporter of oil and gas.
The government More >
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According to Zinedine Zidane, the Algerian national team could make the second round at next summer’s World Cup in South Africa but will have to go through Slovenia to make it possible.
“If they beat Slovenia, yes [they can progress]. After that it’s going to be England and then it could come down to the United More >
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Algeria’s Energy Ministry on Sunday awarded three exploration licenses out of 10 permits on offer, the head of its licensing committee Djilali Takherst said.
The licenses were awarded at a public session to select the winning companies in a bid round. In Algeria’s last licensing round, only four out of 16 permits initially on offer were More >
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ALGIERS, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) — The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is likely to leave the daily production quota of crucial oil unchanged, said Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil on Sunday.
OPEC’s 12 member countries will hold a meeting on Tuesday at ministerial level in Luanda, the capital of Angola, More >
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Algeria is probing corruption cases in the wake of public outrage over the alleged misappropriation of billions of dinars and other manipulation of government projects for personal gain.
“The corruption cases revealed lately are just the tip of the iceberg,” financial journalist Slim Abdulrahman said last week. “What lies under wraps is far greater.”
The government estimates More >
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On the surface, Egyptian and Algerian relations appear to be improving after the disastrous incidents surrounding the Egypt-Algeria soccer matches, reports Dina Ezzat at Al-Ahram Weekly.
Throughout the month of November, qualifying soccer matches between Egypt and Algeria have been tarnished with violent incidents as the two Arab countries competed for a spot in the 2010 More >