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Archive n° 852 - 10/23/2008

Gaelle Arenson

LIBYA

Editor in Chief

New Stamping Ground for American Lobbyists

Lobbyists are flowing into Libya on the coat-tails of the upturn in relations with the United States that was symbolized by secretary of state Condoleezza Rice’s official visit to Tripoli last month. (...) [345 words] [$7]

ALGERIA

Algiers to Ban Imports of Certain Medicines

Drugs already manufactured in Algeria can no longer be imported by local firms and foreign companies will need to invest in the country. (...)

algiers

Speculation over Next Year’s Presidential Race

Suspense is growing over the contents of a draft amendment to the constitution that would allow Abdelaziz Bouteflika to stand for a third term as president despite his reportedly poor state of health. (...) [149 words] [$2,1]

Business Jamboree in London

Issad Rebrab, Reda Hamiani, Rachid Sekak, Akli Brihi and Slim Othmani were all expected in London on Oct. (...) [123 words] [$2,1]

Italians in Business Drive

Launched at the urging of Italy’s envoy to Algiers, Giampaolo Cantini, on Sept. (...) [96 words] [$2,1]

French Partner for SNVI

The French car-body maker BTK has teamed up with state-owned Societe Nationale de Vehicules Industriels (SNVI) to open a new unit to manufacture and market commercial vehicle bodies in Tiaret in the hills in western Algeria. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

rabat

New Sell-Offs Planned

To make up for a slump in the real estate market that could have a strong impact on growth in Morocco, the government has decided to proceed with a new wave of privatizations. (...) [94 words] [$2,1]

Change at the Top at Trade Mission

Dominique Bocquet has been named head of the French trade mission in Morocco in succession to Daniel Maitre. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]

tunis

Saryati Gains Bigger Security Profile

General Ali Saryati, the strongman of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, is gaining greater influence over Tunisia’s security and police services at the expense of interior minister Rafik Haj Kacem. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]

Benetton on Growth Path

Italy’s Benetton is taking every advantage of Tunisia’s fiscal and financial incentives. (...) [96 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	Space Group
	Space Group, a South Korean consortium, will carry out a study on building the headquarters of a public establishment that will fit out the new town of Sidi Abdallah in Algeria under a DR 59 million contract. (...) [37 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Tecnis
	Tecnis, an Italian building company specializing in major infrastructure projects, has opened an affiliate in Tunisia. (...) [45 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Razel
	Razel (France) will resume work on restoring the Ammal railway tunnel at Bourmerdes in Algeria. (...) [52 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	Chan Ray Way Construction Engineering Group
	Chan Ray Way Construction Engineering Group has landed a contract to build a multi-sports stadium with a capacity of 40,000 seats in Algeria. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Slicom International
	Slicom International, a French group specializing in designing and manufacturing mechanical and hydraulic components for the aviation industry, is setting up a mechanical engineering equipment unit in Tunisia. (...) [28 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Horchani Groupe
	Horchani Groupe, leader of Tunisia's tuna and sardine canning industry that also cultivates dates, has inaugurated a fruit and vegetable packaging business. (...) [22 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ZIEC
	ZIEC (China) has been contracted to fit out a water supply system for agriculture at Teleghema (Constantine) in Algeria. (...) [19 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Phywe System
	Phywe System (Germany) has been contracted by Algeria's labor ministry to supply equipment for a toxicological detection laboratory. (...) [18 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Piriou
	Piriou (France) has won a contract from the ports holding company (SOGEPORTS) in Algeria to supply four tug boats worth a total of EUR 1. (...) [27 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	LIBYA
	Saif El Islam
	Hundreds of supporters of Saif El Islam dressed in orange gathered in Tripoli on Oct. (...) [65 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/NORTH AFRICA
	Charles Milhaud
	One of the last official activities of Charles Milhaud as president of the Groupe Caisse d’Epargne (GCE) had to do with North Africa. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Youssef Zarrouk
	Youssef Zarrouk took up quarters in the Hotel Bristol in Paris last week to meet with potential investors in a project for a fast railway line in Tunisia. (...) [82 words] [$2,1]


	ITALY/TUNISIA
	Ernesto Preatoni
	Italian businessman Ernesto Preatoni is expected to arrive in Tunis in coming days to try to revive his project for a resort at Tabarka north-west of Tunisia. (...) [85 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/ALGERIA
	Mohamed Ziane Hasseni
	The Arabic daily En Nahar, close to Algeria’s secret service, has published a petition in favor of diplomat Mohamed Ziane Hasseni who has been accused in France of involvement in the murder of lawyer Ali Andre Mecili in Paris in 1987. (...) [73 words] [$2,1]