Emirates to reintroduce services to Algiers
- 01-Nov-2021
Emirates has announced that it will reintroduce flights to Algiers, Algeria from 9 November. Flights from Dubai to Algiers will operate twice a week. The resumption of flights to Algiers boosts Emirates’ African network to 21 destinations, and represents a full restoration of the airline’s operations into North Africa. With the easing of travel restrictions, […]
Invading ‘rat of the sky’ irks Algerians
- 13-Apr-2017
ALGIERS: “It’s not a bird, it’s a rat — and it’s squatting on my terrace,” Ali says of his new neighbour, a yellow-legged gull — a pest ubiquitous in the Algerian capital. The 60-year-old is not alone in despising this versatile scavenger, whose Mediterranean population has boomed in recent decades. The “rat of the sky” […]
Saudis, Iran dash hopes for OPEC oil deal in Algeria
- 27-Sep-2016
ALGIERS: Saudi Arabia and Iran on Tuesday dashed hopes that OPEC oil producers could clinch an output-limiting deal in Algeria this week as sources within the exporter group said the differences between the kingdom and Tehran remained too wide.