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France's Macron signals fresh chapter with Algeria beyond 'painful' history

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to build a better bilateral future with Algeria, announcing a joint committee to study the colonial period. The news came on the first day of his three-day visit aimed at mending ties with the former French colony months after it marked 60 years of…

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France's Macron Announces 'New Page' in Algeria Ties

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a "new page" in ties with Algeria on Thursday, the first day of a three-day visit aimed at mending ties with the former French colony months after it marked 60 years of independence. Macron's office said his visit aims to "lay a foundation to rebuild…

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France’s Macron seeks ties with Algeria beyond ‘painful’ history

Ties with Algiers have become more important for Europe because of increasing demand for gas amid the war in Ukraine.

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France’s Macron Heads to Algeria in Bid to Heal Wounds

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Algeria on Thursday for a three-day official visit aimed at addressing two major challenges: boosting future economic relations and healing colonial-era wounds. The visit comes less than a year after a monthslong diplomatic crisis between the two countries stirred up tensions 60 years after…

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On Algeria visit, Macron says 'painful' shared past 'prevents us from looking to the future'

On his second visit to Algeria as head of state, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday reiterated a commitment to building a better bilateral future, announcing a joint committee to study the colonial period and saying a "painful common past (...) has at times prevented us from looking to the…

France 24

Macron heads to Algeria with energy, post-colonial relations topping agenda

French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Algeria on Thursday seeking to soothe festering diplomatic tensions with an increasingly important supplier of gas to Europe in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Macron may find Algeria's leaders hard to woo in trip

French President Emmanuel Macron hopes his three-day trip to Algeria from Thursday will end a diplomatic row and allow him to develop his relationship with young Algerians, but the North African country's leaders may prove hard to win over.

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Macron Visit Aimed at Mending Ties with Algeria

French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Algeria on Thursday seeking to soothe festering diplomatic tensions with an increasingly important supplier of gas to Europe.

Asharq Al-Awsat

France-Algeria: Tense Relations since Independence

France has made several attempts over the years to heal the wounds with former colony Algeria, but it refuses to "apologize or repent" for the 132 years of often brutal rule that ended in 1962. With President Emmanuel Macron set to arrive in Algeria to meet his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune,…

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French President Macron to Travel to Algeria on Aug. 25

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to travel to Algeria next week, the Elysee palace announced on Saturday, saying that the official visit will take place from Aug.25-27. Macron accepted an invitation by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, his office said. It will be Macron's second official visit to the North…

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French President Macron to travel to Algeria on Aug. 25 - Elysee

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to travel to Algeria next week, the Elysee palace announced on Saturday, saying that the official visit will take place from Aug.25-27.

Reuters

Analysis: Confident Algeria rides gas high

Europe's attempts to wean itself off Russian gas have given Algeria a shot in the arm.

Reuters

Italy signs energy deals with Algeria in bid to sidestep Russia

Prime Minister Mario Draghi says Algeria has ‘become in recent months the biggest supplier of gas’ to Italy.

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Algeria, Italy Sign Gas Deal Worth $4 Billion

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi held talks with Algeria’s president Monday to to boost gas deliveries and reduce Italy’s reliance on Russian supplies. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune welcomed Draghi and the two went on to sign agreements and memorandums of understanding in areas ranging from energy to sustainable development, justice and…

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Europe's leaders look to ink energy deals to sidestep Russia

European leaders have ramped up their push to secure alternative energy supplies as fears escalate of a complete natural gas cutoff by Russia

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Italy's Embattled PM Draghi Visits Algeria for Gas Talks

With his government's fate in limbo, Italian Premier Mario Draghi is visiting Algeria’s capital Monday to finalize deals boosting Algerian gas supplies to Italy as Europeans brace for a possible cutoff of Russian gas. In a sign of the importance of the visit, the Italian delegation includes the foreign minister,…

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PA President Abbas meets Hamas’s Haniya for first time in years

The meeting, in Algeria, was the first time the two political rivals had publicly met since 2016.

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Abbas and Hamas Chief Hold Rare Meeting

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met publicly for the first time in over five years, on the sidelines of Algerian independence anniversary celebrations. Algeria's state broadcaster reported late Tuesday that representatives of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas movement also attended this meeting, which it called "historic".…

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Algeria to Reopen Land border with Tunisia

Algeria said Tuesday it would reopen its land border with Tunisia later this month, more than two years after it was shut at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. "We have taken the joint decision to reopen the land border from July 15," said President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. He was speaking…

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Algeria Marks 60 Years of Independence with Military Parade

Algeria celebrated 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with nationwide ceremonies, a pardon of 14,000 prisoners and its first military parade in decades. Opposition figures and pro-democracy activists called the elaborate celebrations an effort to distract attention from Algeria's economic and political troubles by glorifying the army, and…

France 24

Sixty years after Algeria’s independence, will surging prices bolster its dependence on oil?

The oil and gas sector has long been the backbone of Algeria’s economy, bankrolling the country’s regime while leaving it vulnerable to volatile markets. Despite the authorities’ stated aim to diversify the economy, analysts fear surging hydrocarbon prices will act as an impediment to reform.

The Independent UK

Algeria marks 60 years of independence with military parade

Algeria is celebrating 60 years of independence from France with nationwide ceremonies, a pardon of 14,000 prisoners and its first military parade in years

Radio France Internationale

Algeria's colonial past still haunts 60 years after independence

Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on 5 July, but competing narratives over atrocities committed during more than a century of colonial rule still trigger bitter diplomatic tensions between Paris and Algiers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Independent Algeria Turns 60, but Colonial-era Wounds Remain

Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday, but rival narratives over atrocities committed during more than a century of colonial rule still trigger bitter diplomatic tensions. The North African country won its independence following a grueling eight-year war which ended with the signing in March 1962 of…

Reuters

Venezuela, Algeria to begin direct flights, presidents say

Direct flights between Algiers and Caracas will begin in the coming months, Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Thursday, during a visit by his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro.

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