ALGIERS- The Mahieddine-Bachtarzi Algerian National Theater (TNA) partners, until December 17, with the British theater through virtual scheduling of a new selection of reference plays, said the direction of TNA.

ALGIERS- The minister of Culture and Arts, Malika Bendouda, said Monday that "more than 3420 artists had benefited from financial support over the last few months," as part of the support provided to artists affected by the pandemic, the ministry said in a statement.

ALGIERS- The short documentary film "Objectif Hirak," made by journalist Redha Menassel, received Saturday the best editing award at the Buddha International Film Festival in the Indian city of Pune, the film crew has said.

ILLIZI (Algeria)- A total of 17,692 archaeological sites have been listed over the last four years through the cultural park of Tassili N’Ajjer, province of Illizi (1850-km southeast of Algiers), the National Office of the Cultural Park of Tassili said Tuesday.

ALGIERS- The Algerian National Theatre Mahieddine Bachtarzi (TNA) will host soon a new annual event devoted to the 4th art and called “Casbah Theatre Days,” TNA’s director general Mohamed Yahiaoui announced on Monday in Algiers.

ALGIERS- The novel “Do You Hear in the Mountains” by Algerian writer Maissa Bey will be soon published in Italian after a translation of Barbara Sommovigo, according to the Algerian publisher “Barzakh.”

ALGIERS- Two Algerian nationals Feriel Gasmi Issiakhem and Samir Kerkache recently received "Knight of the Order of Star of Italy," said a statement from the Italian Embassy in Algiers.

ALGIERS- Experts and university teachers have taken part in a virtual training session about the preservation of the underwater cultural heritage held Wednesday by the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), the ministry of Culture and Arts said in a statement.

KHENCHELA - A new trilingual Berber / Arabic / French dictionary by Mohamed-Salah Ounissi, a writer from the province of Khenchela, has just been published, the author announced on Monday.

ALGIERS- Minister of Culture and Arts Malika Bendouda will take part Tuesday, by videoconference, in a conference on “tolerance between cultures for a better world,” at the invitation of the Arab League’s Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALESCO) and the International Peace Institute (IPI) on the occasion of the celebration of the International Day for Tolerance, said a ministerial statement.