Algeria News

“Why do you worry about Adrar? I know for a fact that the more it moves away from Le Pouvoir [state power], the closer it moves to the homeland”.These are the last words Mohad Gasmi - a tireless environmentalist and h...

The revival talks come as the European Union seeks to wean itself off Russian gas following the invasion of Ukraine.

Algeria’s Jamal Ferhi won the men’s title while India’s Pronati Sahni emerged victorious in women’s event at the first edition of the Al Raheeb Open Chess Championship, organised by Al Rayyan Sports Club in cooperation with the Qatar Chess...

France rejected 32,000 Schengen visa applications by Algerian nationals in 2021, a report by SchengenVisaInfo has said.This amounted to 40 percent of Schengen visa applications from Algerian nationals, according to da...

Algeria has cut its tourism ties with Spain in a new escalation between the two counties over a rown on Western Sahara in Morocco.The Algerian ministry of tourism requested told all tour operators to suspend tourism r...

The Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) held meetings with Algeria’s Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts, Yassin Hammadi, and the Minister of Housing, Urbanisation and the City, Mohamed Tariq Belaribi, to discuss investment opportunities...

The Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) headed by its Chairman, HE Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al-Thani, held a meeting with Algerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mohamed Abdel Hafeez Hani to discuss the potential investment...

The head of top Algerian media group Ennahar, Anis Rahmani, was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Monday for corruption.Rahmani, whose real name is Mohamed Mokaddem, had been on trial for "misusing funds", "violation...

Algeria's decision to suspend a friendship treaty with Spain last week was not surprising because Algiers is increasingly aligning itself with Russia, Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Monday.Calvino said...

Former Algerian footballer and coach Rabah Madjer has been handed a six-month prison sentence over financial irregularities, according to the BBC. Madjer, 63, was found guilty of continuing to cash cheques in the name...

Algeria’s decision to nullify a two-decade-long friendship treaty with Spain has left the EU trying to patch things up between the neighboring countries. Given the scale of Algeria’s oil exports, some officials fear gas shortages in the mid...

Spain wants to resolve a row with Algeria through swift dialogue and diplomacy, its foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Friday after meeting EU officials in Brussels.

Direct flights between Algiers and Caracas will begin in the coming months, Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Thursday, during a visit by his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro.Maduro - who is under US...

Dispute over status of Western Sahara escalates as Algeria severs economic links with Spain.

Algeria,SANA-Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune led on Thursday, the ministerial delegations that met in Algiers.Earlier, Tebboune received the Venezuelan head of state with honors after his a...

Algeria could help some nations switch off from Russian gas but the geopolitical backdrop is complex, say analysts.

The European Union on Thursday urged Algeria to reverse a decision to suspend its cooperation treaty with EU member Spain, urging dialogue to resolve the dispute.Algeria has long backed the Polisario movement which is...

The Spanish government will "firmly defend" its national interests in the light of Algeria's decision to cancel a 20-year-old treaty of friendship and cooperation, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters on...

Spain 'regrets' Algiers decision that comes after Madrid recognised Morocco's self-autonomy plan for the territory.

Algeria said Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old co-operation treaty with Spain, after Madrid backed the position of the North African country's arch-rival Morocco on the disputed Western Sahara."Algeria has dec...

Dushanbe, SANA- Syria and Algeria discussed on Tuesday prospects of joint cooperation between the two countries in order to enhance water security, rehabilitate water projects, confront challenges, and exchange experiences in the policies,...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dismissed on Monday, May 24 Governor of the Bank of Algeria Rostom Fadhli, replacing him with Salah Eddine Taleb, Algeria Press Service reported, citing a statement from the country’s presidency.The...

An Algerian military officer-turned-democracy activist has been deported from Spain and charged in Algeria in a case that human rights groups see as another sign of an ever-expanding crackdown on dissent

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Italy has been pushing to cut its reliance on Russian gas supplies.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday sacked central bank chief Rostom Fadli, in office for less than two years, the presidency announced without giving any further explanation.Tebboune "on Monday ended th...

Algeria on Saturday denied any third-party mediation to help end the diplomatic crisis with Morocco, refusing that any take place to ease tensions with its western neighbour.Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra s...

Saudi Arabia confirmed on Thursday it will support Algeria's bid for a non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat from 2024 to 2025."We are confident that Algeria will be an essential player in regional stabil...