Archives n°483 du 26/10/2000 @Maghreb Confidential

My Account

E-mail

Password

Reminder

Create an account

Maghreb Confidential /Archives


previous	Archive n° 483 - 10/26/2000	next

algiers

SPAIN WAITING FOR AMBASSADOR

Worried about not having an Algerian ambassador to Spain since December, 1999, Madrid has sent an official request for one to Algerian foreign minister Abdelaziz Belkhadrem. (...) [65 words] [$2,1]

SHOWROOM FOR 2ND MINING TENDER

To try to ensure Algeria's second invitation to tender to develop mining deposits is more successful than the first issued in April, the minister, Chakib Khelil, has mounted a high-level communications operation that includes a showroom with details about 100 deposits that are to be privatized. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]

SONATRACH SEES OPPORTUNITY IN ECOLOGY NORMS

New standards on protecting the environment aren't necessarily synonymous with ruin for the OPEC countries. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]

rabat

MOHAMMED VI HAS AN EYE FOR CARS

During a private visit to Paris on Oct. 4 Moroccan king Mohammed VI paid a highly discreet but lengthy tour of the Paris Auto Show, and even purchased a luxury vehicle. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]

CHARLES DE GAULLE AT CASA

The new French nuclear-powered carrier Charles de Gaulle will put in at Casablanca on Dec. (...) [58 words] [$2,1]

NIT VOGUE HIS MOROCCO

Morocco's leading financial holding companies are jumping on the new information technology (NIT) bandwagon. (...) [114 words] [$2,1]

AZOULAY'S TRIP TO CITY

During his recent visit to London, Andre Azoulay, a leading adviser to King Mohammed VI, met with officials from Barclays Bank, Warburg, Morgan Stanley, Chase Manhattan Bank, J. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]

tunis

FRENCH PROPERTY ISSUE POPS UP AGAIN

Signed on Oct. 20, 1997 by president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, a French-Tunisian agreement on investment protection still hasn't be published in full by the Tunisian government and thus doesn't apply to French-owned real estate in Tunisia. (...) [119 words] [$2,1]

BOSSES ANSWER CRITICS

Hedi Djilani, president of the UTICA employers federation, and other Tunisian bosses have hit back at criticism leveled at Tunisia's private sector by the World Bank in its report covering the decade between 1990-2000. (...) [93 words] [$2,1]

TUNIS STOCK EXCHANGE SNUBBED

Although 44 companies have agreed to be listed on the Tunis stock exchange in response to fiscal and financial sweeteners offered by the government many of them are also turning to London or Paris to seek listings in those capitals. (...) [65 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

HIGHER BRITISH PROFILE

Only three weeks after the Libyan-British Trade and Investment Mission left Tripoli a new delegation of U. (...) [84 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	ANRT
	ANRT (Agence Nationale Marocaine de Regulation des Telecommunications) will issue an invitation to tender before January for regional fixed telephone licenses. (...) [56 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	GENERAL ELECTRIC
	GENERAL ELECTRIC and SIEMENS have been pre-qualified by ONE to build the combined-cycle, 450 MW Tahaddart power station. (...) [47 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	LONE STAR ENERGY
	LONE STAR ENERGY, the U.S. oil exploration company, is to begin drilling off Kenitra on Nov. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ENTREPRISE D'EXPLORATION DES MINES D'OR
	ENTREPRISE D'EXPLORATION DES MINES D'OR (ENOR Spa), an Algerian company that has received aid from the Trade Development Agency, is on the lookout for an American company to conduct a feasibility study on its project for a gold mine at Amesmessa. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	TECHINT
	TECHINT, an Argentine-led consortium to which Sonatrach belongs, has just won a $4. (...) [60 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	HP
	HP, an American computer and engineering services company, has chosen Morocco as headquarters for its operations in French-speaking Africa. (...) [51 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	SUPERDIPLO
	SUPERDIPLO, a Spanish super market chain, has teamed up with the Othman Benjelloun group and will shortly open stores in Morocco. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	YVES BONNET
	The newspaper El Moudjahid reported that Yves Bonnet, former head of the DST, would be in Algeria between Nov. (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	NORTH AFRICA/FRANCE
	MICHEL SCARBONCHI
	The international department of the Ile de France Regional Council chaired by Michel Scarbonchi will sign a series of cooperation agreements concerning infrastructure and technical assistance with a number of North African cities by the end of the year. (...) [103 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	FERID SITNI
	The new head of the Office National Tunisien in Paris, Ferid Sitni, is a close associate of Tunisian tourism minister Slaheddine Maaoui, who could be named next ambassador to Paris. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE
	Dominique Strauss-Kahn
	Ever since he stepped down as French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn has had a lot more time to share his economic expertise. (...) [121 words] [$2,1]