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Archive n° 562 - 06/27/2002

algiers

HUGE CONTRACT IN OFFING

A project for a future Algerian capital that Ricardo Bofill will design at the behest of Abdelaziz Bouteflika is stirring a lot of excitement among European construction companies. (...) [204 words] [$2,1]

ICG SLAMS ELECTION

In its latest report devoted to Algeria's recent legislative elections, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) had harsh things to say about the Algerian authorities. (...) [28 words] [FREE]

VETO ON REPLACING ARMY CHIEF

Major general Brahim Fodhil Cherif, head of Algeria's 1st military region (central Algeria) and major general Said Bey, chief of the 5th region (eastern Algeria), are competing to succeed major-general Gaid Salah who is due to retire as army chief-of-staff on July 5 (his retirement has been put back several times). (...) [98 words] [$2,1]

SLOW-MOTION PRIVATIZATION

Five affiliates of the state-owned oil company Sonatrach are to be marked down for privatization by the new Benflis government. (...) [69 words] [$2,1]

FRENCH BACK IN THE VINEYARDS

The public concern that markets Algeria's wine, ONCV, has planted 4,500 hectares of new vineyards in western Algeria and intends to add 6,000 more by 2007. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]

GOVERNMENT BAILS OUT BANKS

The Algerian government has injected over $4 billion into state-owned banks to help them mop up losses. (...) [38 words] [FREE]

rabat

KING'S MARRIAGE TO BE CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER

Although king Mohammed VI married officially earlier this year the actual celebrations have been constantly put back because of the crisis in the Middle East. (...) [58 words] [$2,1]

FCC NEW VIVENDI ENVIRONEMENT PARTNER

Despite the current freeze between Spain and Morocco, the Spanish firm Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) appears set to beef up its presence in Morocco. (...) [60 words] [$2,1]

ITALIAN FIRMS SEEK PARTNERS

Officials from a dozen small and medium-sized Italian firms were in Morocco between June 24-26 to forge import and retail partnerships. (...) [63 words] [$2,1]

tunis

MAUVE-COLORED BEN ALI ON WEBSITE

The Carthage Palace now has its own official web site www. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]

NEARLY 1200 FIRMS IN TROUBLE

According to a report by Tunisia's industry ministry, no less than 1,157 firms are currently in dire financial straits. (...) [109 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	KHALIFA TV
	KHALIFA TV, the name of the Algerian Khalifa group's future satellite channel, won't be a music channel as initially planned but rather a general-interest network. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	NEURASSOCIES
	NEURASSOCIES, a communications company owned by Jean Mandelbaum, has been contracted by the Khalifa group to organize a press trip to Frankfurt when the Algerian company's acquisition of the international business of the German construction firm Philipp Holzmann is finalized. (...) [77 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	AFRIQUIYYAH AIRWAYS
	AFRIQUIYYAH AIRWAYS, a Libyan airline set up in the 1980s by the number 2 man in military intelligence, col. (...) [67 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	DREE
	DREE, the French foreign trade department, organized a trip to Tripoli between June 22-27 to prepare for a meeting of the joint Franco-Libyan committee in Paris in October. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	SOUTH AFRICA/MOROCCO
	ESKOM ENTERPRISES
	ESKOM ENTERPRISES is going to set up a joint venture with Office Nationale Marocain d'Electricite (ONE). (...) [41 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	FAIRTRADE
	FAIRTRADE, a German company, is organizing an international energy, petrochemicals, mining and electricity fair in Algiers between Sept. (...) [52 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	ALAIN DULAIT
	The chairman of the Senate's foreign affairs, defense and armed forces committee, Xavier de Villepin, has stepped down because he deems his post incompatible with his son's appointment as France's new foreign minister. (...) [82 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	CLAUDE CARDELLA
	The chairman of the Marseilles-Provence chamber of commerce, Claude Cardella, is highly pleased about the appointment of his friend Pierre Andre Wiltzer as overseas development minister in the new government. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	AICHA KADHAFI
	The daughter of col. Kadhafi, Aicha, will shortly arrive in Paris for her usual annual holiday in the French capital. (...) [43 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	DJILALI MEHRI
	An Algerian millionaire, Djilali Mehri, is currently talking business with the Castel group. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/BELGIUM
	FARIDA BESAA
	The former head of Algeria's television service who sought refuge in Brussels in 1994 and was taken on as a diplomatic adviser to Belgian foreign minister Louis Michel in 1999, Farida Besaa, has been named Belgium's trade attache in Algiers. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]