ALGIERS- Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad has installed on Tuesday in Algiers, Prof. Mohamed Tahar Abadlia as president of the National Council for Scientific Research and Technology (CNRST).

ALGIERS- The annual inflation rate in Algeria reached 1.8% in last March, the same rate that was recorded during the month of February 2020, said Tuesday the National Statistics Office (ONS).

ALGIERS- The draft amendment to the regulations of the Algerian Federation of Football (FAF) is about to be finalized, in accordance with the roadmap implemented by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), announced Tuesday the federal body on its official website.

BIR LAHLOU- President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Secretary General of the Polisario Front Ibrahim Ghali reiterated Monday, in a congratulatory message sent to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the national holiday marking the end of the Apartheid, “the Sahrawi people’s commitment to continuing the struggle against the Moroccan occupation,” said the Sahrawi news agency SPS.

ALGIERS- The ALGERIA CHEMICAL SPECIALITIES GROUP ACS SPA has doubled their production capacities to meet the specific needs sparked by the Coronavirus pandemic, CEO of the Holding ACS, Abdelghani Benbetka said Monday, regretting the shortage of raw materials to meet orders.

ALGIERS- The National Office of Culture and Information (ONCI) has expanded its cultural and artistic activities via social network platforms to accompany Algerian families during the evenings of the holy month of Ramadan, in this period of containment introduced to stem the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), said the office Monday in a statement.

BLIDA- Wali (governor) of Blida, Kamel Nouicer, said Monday that "all indicators show a stable health situation" in the province since the beginning of the spread of the covid-19 pandemic last March.

ALGIERS- Zakat Ul-Fitr (alms given at the end of the holy month of fasting Ramadan) for this year has been set at DZD120 for each person, said Tuesday the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Wakfs in a statement.

ALGIERS- Ministry of Housing, Urban Planning, and the City said Monday that all suggestions on the revival of projects made by social partners, operators in the sector, and bodies under supervision were being examined to overcome the pandemic and boost the sector's construction sites.

BRUSSELS- MEP Sandra Briar has called the attention of European Union's high representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, to Moroccan occupation authorities' expulsion of a Portuguese human rights activist from Western Sahara's city of El Ayoun, stressing that Morocco violates the international agreements relating to human rights and the binding clauses in its agreements with the European Union.