ALGIERS- The surprise strike staged by pilots of the national airline company Air Algerie, which grounded the planes of the company on Saturday morning, "last only few hours," Air Algerie said in a release.

ALGIERS- All planes of the national airline company Air Algerie were grounded Saturday following the surprise few-hour strike by pilots, as noticed at the International Airport of Algiers.

TISSEMSILT (Algeria)- Minister of Energy and Mines Minister Youcef Yousfi declared Thursday in Tissemsilt that hydrocarbon production will experience increases in 2013 in Algeria.

ALGIERS- Avenir Decoration, a private company specialized in urban billposting and rental of advertising space, intends to get listed on Algiers Stock Exchange, a source from the Commission for the Organization and the Monitoring of the Stock Exchange Transactions (COSOB) said Saturday.

ALGIERS- Unemployment rate in Algeria continues the downward trend that began in the 2000’s, especially among the young, International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts, on a visit to Algeria, have stressed.