Algeria Headlines
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:10:09 GMTCoronavirus - Partial Lockdown From 8:00 P.m. to 06:00 A.m. in 35 Provinces From Monday
[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS-A ten-day partial lockdown will affect (35) provinces from tomorrow Monday from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. given the resurgence of cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in recent days across the country, the Prime Minister's Of...
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:46:03 GMTTunisia/Algeria - Jerandi/Lamamra Phone Talk
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman Jerandi expressed, Saturday, during a telephone conversation with his Algerian counterpart, Ramtane Lamamra, his thanks and gratitude to the A...
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 11:30:04 GMTMorocco's Spying On Algerian Officials - Algeria Expresses 'Deep' Concern
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Algeria has expressed on Thursday its "deep concern" over the widespread use of Pegasus spyware by Morocco to spy on Algerian officials and citizens and vigorously condemned "this unacceptable systematic infringeme...
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 11:31:18 GMTBaccalaureate 2021 - President Tebboune Congratulates Successful Candidates
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune congratulated, on his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the successful candidates at the Baccalaureate examination 2021, extending his wishes for "success in their univer...
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 07:41:44 GMT61.17 Percent Success Rate At Baccalaureate Exam 2021, Admission Average At 9.5/20
[Algerie Presse Service] The success rate at the baccalaureate examination 2021 hit 61.17% and the admission average is set at 9.5/20 because of health and psychological considerations related to the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), ann...
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:30:22 GMTCovid-19 - Partial Lockdown From 11:00 P.m. to 4:00 A.m. in 24 Provinces for 10 Days
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The partial lockdown hours have been modified from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. in 24 provinces for a period of 10 days, as from tomorrow Tuesday, according to the decision taken by the government, in implementation of ...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:13:44 GMTTunisia to Take Delivery in Coming Hours of Two Trucks Loaded With Oxygen From Algeria
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia will take delivery in the next few hours, of two trucks loaded with oxygen from Algeria, the Presidency of the Republic announced on Sunday.
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:56:32 GMTAlgeria Recalls Its Ambassador to Rabat for Consultations
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Algeria has decided to recall its ambassador to Rabat for consultations, following the slip-up of the Moroccan diplomatic representation in New York which distributed an official note to the member countries of the...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 09:53:14 GMTMoroccan Diplomatic Slip-Up - Political Class Denounces Statement "Full of Hatred" Against Algeria
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The political class denounced Saturday the resort of the Moroccan system, via its representation in New York, to the distribution of a note to the member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement with "provocative" and...
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:13:50 GMTAlgeria Condemns Support of Moroccan Diplomatic Representation to Alleged "Kabyle People's Right to Self-Determination"
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad "strongly" condemned in a statement Friday, "a particularly dangerous drift" of the Moroccan diplomatic representation in New York, which has recently d...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:01:45 GMTCovid-19 - Three Million Doses of Vaccine Per Month to Be Received Soon
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The Ministry of Health will soon receive nearly three million doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccine per month, said Thursday spokesman for the Scientific Committee in charge of monitoring the evolution of the Coronavirus ...
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:16:11 GMTPresident Tebboune Decrees Pardon, Clemency Measures
[Algerie Presse Service] President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday has decreed pardon measures in favor of thirty (30) detainees definitively sentenced in cases of assembly and disturbance of public order, as well as additional clem...
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:56:59 GMTPresident Tebboune Announces Opening of Borders Between Algeria, Niger to Ease Trade Exchanges
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, announced Tuesday in Algiers the opening of the land borders between Algeria and Niger to ease trade exchanges between the two countries.
Tue, 13 Jul 2021 08:49:09 GMTRelations Between Tunisia and Algeria At Heart of Jerandi-Lamamra Phone Talk
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A phone talk between Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi and his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra was held on Monday.
Tue, 13 Jul 2021 08:34:04 GMTCovid-19 Vaccine - Algeria Receives 1,600,000 Doses From China
[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS-A military aircraft landed on Sunday evening at Boufarik airbase (province of Blida) carrying one million six hundred thousand doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccine from the Popular Republic of China, announced the National ...
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:51:02 GMTPartial Lockdown Measures Extended in 14 Provinces for 21 Days
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The partial lockdown measures from midnight to 04:00 on the morning of the next day have been extended in 14 provinces for a period of 21 days, as of Monday 11 July, according to the decision taken by the Governmen...
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:39:05 GMTEgypt, Algeria Discuss Libya, GERD
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra to discuss the latest developments in the Libyan issue and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:28:55 GMTNecessity of Taking Up Challenges to Meet Algerians' Aspirations
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Speaker of the People's National Assembly Ibrahim Boughali stressed Saturday the importance of taking up the challenges and meeting the Algerians' aspirations who chose their representatives within the legislative ...
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:57:27 GMT'Current Legislature, Another Step Towards New Algeria,' Says Boughali
[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS-Speaker of the People's National Assembly (Lower House) on Thursday said that the current legislature requires further efforts because it marks another step towards the new Algeria the Algerian people seek and to whic...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 07:43:17 GMTPresident Tebboune Chairs Graduation Ceremony of Three Officer Classes in Cherchell
[Algerie Presse Service] Cherchell (Tipaza) -- President of the Republic, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, minister of National Defense Abdelmadjid Tebboune chaired Thursday, at the military Academy of Cherchell, the graduation ceremony of thr...
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:45:30 GMTPresident of Republic Appoints Members of New Government
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune has appointed Wednesday the members of the new government led by Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane, the Presidency of the Republic announced in a communiqué.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 08:16:17 GMTBenabderrahmane to Distribute Housing Units in Algiers
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Prime Minister, Aïmene Benabderrahmane, started Tuesday morning a working visit to Algiers during which he will distribute housing units and this on the sidelines of the celebration of the 59th anniversary of Inde...
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 08:16:14 GMTHousing - 'State Will Spare No Effort to Meet Population's Needs'
[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS- Prime Minister, Aïmene Benabderrahmane, said Tuesday in Algiers that "the state will spare no effort to meet the needs of the population in terms of access to housing."
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 08:02:09 GMTState's Solidarity, Social Character Reiterated
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane paid Tuesday a working visit to Algiers where he distributed housing units and reiterated the State's commitment to continuing the efforts to meet the needs of the population ...
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:31:10 GMTJuly 5, 1962, Date Marking Historic Victory Against Colonial France
[Algerie Presse Service] BLIDA-Mujahideen and specialists in Algerian history from the province of Blida, who experienced the joy of Independence on July 5, 1962, said that this day marks a "historic victory" against one of the largest colonial power...
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:29:17 GMTEight Individuals Arrested in Kasserine Over Illegally Crossing Borders With Algeria - Interior
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Eight migrants preparing to cross land borders with Algeria were arrested on Friday by a joint patrol of the border intelligence brigade and the land border brigade of the National Guard of Bouchebka, governora...
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 07:39:38 GMTMaritime Freight Transport - Djanet Ship Transports 900 Teu in Maiden Trip
[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS-The new container ship Djanet, property of the company CNAN-MED, transported 900 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) during its maiden trip as part of its activity along the regular service linking the main ports of th...
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:27:01 GMTPresident Tebboune Receives New Prime Minister, Aïmen Benabderrahmane
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune received Wednesday the new Prime Minister, Aïmen Benabderrahmane, appointed to replace Abdelaziz Djerrad and charged with continuing consultations with political par...
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:11:35 GMTArab Soccer Cup U-20 (Quarter-Final) - Tunisia Beat Comoros (1-0), Take On Algeria in Semi-Final
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia's national soccer junior team qualified for the last four of the Arab soccer Cup U-20 after beating the Comoros team (1-0) in the quarterfinals game.
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:25:32 GMTPresident Tebboune Appoints Aïmen Benabderrahmane As New Prime Minister
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune has appointed Aïmen Benabderrahmane as the new Prime Minister, instructing him to continue consultations with political parties and civil society to "shortly" design...