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Spotlight | Algeria
Spadework behind Ayrault business trip

A year after president François Hollande paid a state visit to Algeria, prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is due in Algiers on Dec. 16 with a dozen ministers and 40 business chiefs in tow. The trip is being touted in Paris [...]

Published on 28/11/2013 at 23:01 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Liot touts car and rail projects

Boss of the Algeria BC consulting concern and co-founder of [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.05.2014

Algeria
Emigrants are Orange’s best envoys

France’s Orange has adopted a softly-softly approach to the Algerian market which it has been trying to crack for years. [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.02.2014

Algeria
Britain’s winter offensive

Under the auspices of British ambassador Martyn Roper and the UK Energy Industries Council, a British trade mission will visit [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.01.2014

Algeria
Raffarin's own Paris-Algiers "Davos"

French president François Hollande's envoy for economic relations with Algeria, former prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (who's to visit Algeria before [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.01.2014

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Rout for Total at Arzew

The French oil major Total seems to have struck out in Algeria. According to our sources in Algiers, the local [...]

Free access Business 09.01.2014

Algeria
Ayrault’s Socialist dinner

Arriving in Algiers on Dec. 15, French prime minister Jean-Marc [...]

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Algeria
Piriou could blaze trail for DCNS

The Piriou shipyard stood out among the French business delegation accompanying prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to Algiers between Dec. 15-17. [...]

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Algeria
Bouygues aims for hospital market

Boss of the construction giant that bears his name, Martin Bouygues, has confirmed he will visit Algiers on Dec. 16-17 [...]

Free access Business 12.12.2013

Algeria
Ministers with Ayrault on Algiers jaunt

French officials organizing a trip to Algiers by prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Dec. 16 are insisting that at least [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.12.2013

Algeria
Four top CEOs travel with Ayrault

French corporate bosses are hard at work preparing for prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault’s trip to Algiers on Dec. 16. According [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.12.2013

Algeria
Yamina Benguigui

Yamina Benguigui will travel to Algiers on December 12 to [...]

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Algeria
Four corporate chiefs travel with Ayrault

French corporate bosses are hard at work preparing for prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault's trip to Algiers on Dec. 16. According [...]

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Algeria
DCNS still seeking a life buoy

French warship builder DCNS has gone into over-drive in advance of a visit to Algiers by prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault [...]

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Algeria
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The government reshuffle on September 11 has prompted a certain concern among French business interests in Algeria. Cherif Rahmani, who [...]

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Former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the special envoy of François Hollande for economic diplomacy in Algeria, is planning a [...]

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Algeria
First Sellal-Raffarin encounter

French businessmen are waiting impatiently to see whether Algeria's new prime minister, Abdelmalek Sella, and Jean-Pierre Raffarin, will hit it [...]

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Algeria
Fabius takes up where Raffarin left off

With the Mali issue marking time (MC 1026), French foreign minister Laurent Fabius seized the occasion of a visit to [...]

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Algeria
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Spotlight | Algeria
Friendship with Hollande put to test

Many are wondering whether an improvement in Franco-Algerian relations that François Hollande appears to be seeking will survive the everyday realities of his presidency. Despite the new French government's real affinities with Algiers (MC 1015), there are a lot of [.

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Algeria
Raffarin may run into closed doors

Is former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin likely to get much change when he visits Algiers on February 1? Asked [...]

Free access Business 26.01.2012

Algeria
DCNS frets over FREMM deal

France’s bid to sell four FREMM frigates built by warship constructor DCNS to the Algerian Navy remains in play, despite [...]

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Algeria
Gerard Longuet

Gerard Longuet, France's defence minister, is due to visit Algiers [...]

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Spotlight | Algeria
Spadework behind Ayrault business trip

Gabon
Sayid Abeloko takes over at OPRAG

Tunisia
Abdelhamid Ben Abdallah launches energy venture

Tunisia
Raffarin to give Chinese lessons at IACE event

France, Guinea
French bosses take new look at Conakry

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Manuel Valls in encounter with French bosses

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Levet bets on economic twinning

Algeria
Pastour re-organizes Aigle Azur’s air services to France

Algeria
Cuvillier to seek better air ties

Algeria, France
Paris picks Parant's successor

Algeria
Liot touts car and rail projects

Algeria
Emigrants are Orange’s best envoys

Algeria
Britain’s winter offensive

Algeria
Raffarin's own Paris-Algiers "Davos"

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Algeria
Ayrault’s Socialist dinner

Algeria
Piriou could blaze trail for DCNS

Algeria
Bouygues aims for hospital market

Algeria
Ministers with Ayrault on Algiers jaunt

Algeria
Four top CEOs travel with Ayrault

Algeria
Yamina Benguigui

Algeria
Four corporate chiefs travel with Ayrault

Algeria
DCNS still seeking a life buoy

Algeria
Rahmani's exit is France's loss

Algeria
Raffarin plots new onslaught

Algeria
First Sellal-Raffarin encounter

Algeria
Fabius takes up where Raffarin left off

Algeria
Algier’s game in Mali seen as too subtle

Spotlight | Algeria
Friendship with Hollande put to test

Algeria
Raffarin may run into closed doors

Algeria
DCNS frets over FREMM deal

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