AIN TEMOUCHENT-Algeria has major strengths in aquaculture that allow it to enter the Mediterranean market and contribute to the diversification of the national economy through increasing its fish exports, say experts of the Support Programme to Economy Diversification "DIVECO 2."

HASSI MESSAOUD (Ouargla) - Hassi Messaoud’s oil field will produce, for the first time, gas within two months with a capacity of 10 million cubic meters per day, said Wednesday Chief Executive Officer of Sonatrach Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour.

ALGIERS – The Government’s action plan, adopted Wednesday during the Council of Ministers meeting chaired by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, supports the option of rationalizing the public expenses and authorizes the recourse to the non-conventional internal financing, to face the financial crisis affecting the country.

ALGIERS-The Council of Ministers, chaired by President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday has examined and adopted eight presidential decrees approving contracts or amendment to contracts for the prospection and exploitation of hydrocarbons.

ALGIERS - President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday called for a collective consciousness during such a challenging period, to prevent any a stoppage of development process and protect the country’s economic and financial independence, beyond all the differences, including the political ones.

AIN DEFLA- Minister of Energy Mustapha Guitouni underlined Tuesday, in Ain Defla, the State’s determination to meet the needs of citizens in energy by 2030 to improve their living conditions.

M'SILA- Minister of Housing, Urban Planning and the City Abdelwahid Temmar underlined, Tuesday in M'sila, the need to revise the law on urban planning, dating back to 1990, with a view to adapting it to the current situation in towns.

ALGIERS- The speaker of the Council of the Nation (upper house of Parliament), Abdelkader Bensalah, said Monday the effects of the economic and financial crisis on Algeria are not without solution, adding that all hopes are on the next Tripartite meetings, which is "an effective tool to create conditions propitious to resolving the problems at the national level."

ALGIERS- Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said Monday in Algiers the drafting of a bill amending the current law on currency and credit paved the way for unconventional financing of the national economy.