ALGIERS- The sector of Housing, Town Planning and the City has devoted a budget of DZD20 billion to support the development operations in grey areas in 2021, the sector’s minister Kamel Nasri said on Thursday, in Algiers.

ALGIERS - A dangerous terrorist was killed on Thursday afternoon following an ambush in Oued Boudekhane, southwest of Guentis, in the province of Khenchela, by a detachment of the National People's Army (ANP) which also recovered a submachine gun, three magazines loaded with ammunition, a radio transmission station and two mobile phones, said a statement from the Ministry of National Defence (MDN).

ALGIERS- Falls of snow are expected on the northern heights exceeding 900 meters as from Monday’s late afternoon, the National Meteorological Service said in a special weather statement.

BEJAIA- A framework agreement between the University of Bejaia, “Manadjim El Djazair” mining group and the grouping “Algeria Corporate universities- GACU,” to strengthen their mutual cooperation in the mining sector, was inked Wednesday in Bejaia.

EL-MENEA - The public authorities have placed the revitalization of agriculture, especially in the south of the country, at the top of their priorities in order to meet the aspirations of farmers, said Wednesday in El-Menea, Governor of Ghardaïa, Boualem Amrani.

ALGIERS- A 3.2 magnitude tremor on the open Richter scale was recorded Monday at 06:16 a.m. (local time) in the province of Algiers, said the Center for Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG), in a statement.

ALGIERS-Mostaganem tramway, produced locally in Annaba by CITAL Company specialized in the railway industry, is currently in the testing phase on the track of the town, announced the company in a communiqué.

ALGIERS- Snow will fall on areas higher than 800 meters above sea level in the country's centre and east from Saturday, the National Meteorological Service said Friday in a special weather statement.

MEDEA-Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad on Sunday inaugurated the motorway section connecting Chiffa to Berrouaghia under his working and inspection visit to the province of Medea.

CONSTANTINE (Algeria)- A quantity of 1125 tonnes of granulated cork have been exported abroad from Constantine (430-km east of Algiers) in 2019, the provincial trade directorate said Wednesday.