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EXPECT BUSY SKIES  The airline sector in the Maghreb region is expanding at a fast pace. National carriers in Morocco and Tunisia are signing major partnership deals with global airlines as they modernize their fleet, while Algeria’s private sector has entered a new phase in its development. Meanwhile international carriers - Europeans in particular - are preparing to return to two countries that have been isolated over the last few years. 
A SUCCESSFUL TOURISM SEASON 
WHERE ARE THE NEW POLITICAL PARTIES? The presidential election of April 1999, and the preceding campaign, promised the redrawing of the political map in Algeria. Nearly 5 months later the establishment of new political parties is in its advanced stage. ALGERIA -Labor Affairs UGTA LABOR UNION THREATENS PRESIDENT The UGTA Labor Union demanded president Bouteflika to rehire all workers that have been laid off from state-owned enterprises over the last few years. The organization says that the reinsertion of workers into the workforce is a condition for its support of the president’s peace plan, which will also be submitted to a referendum in September. Corporate Affairs SNI HOLDING STRENGTHENS POSITION IN AGRIBUSINESS The SNI Group (Societe National d’Investissement) has strengthened its position in agribusiness. The private holding has recently acquired a 16% stake in the Societe des Brasseries du Maroc (SBM), thus becoming SBM’s majority shareholder by raising its equity in that company to 51.9%. For more, click on Maghreb Weekly Monitor below 
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