ALGERIA/POLITICS

PARLIAMENT BEGINS FY'00 BUDGET DEBATE IN DIFFICULT CONDITIONS
The proposed budget for fiscal year 2000 calls for a total spending of AD 962.03 billion. 15% of this total budget will be spent on defense (AD 141.6 billion). The defense budget for the current fiscal cycle is AD 121.6 billion. Defense took over the first item in the budget, replacing education which will receive AD 132.8 billion in FY2000, up from AD 128 billion for the current fiscal year. ...

ALGERIA/POLITICS
FEW SENATORS CRITICIZE BUDGET IN A LETHARGIC PARLIAMENT ...

MOROCCO/TRADE-ECONOMY
THE KEY FIGURES OF MOROCCO'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE OFFICE OVER THE FIRST 9 MONTHS OF 1999 ...

ALGERIA/RELATIONS
BOUTEFLIKA IN ITALY
Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika is currently in Italy on an official visit. It is Bouteflika's first visit to an EU member country since the presidential elections last April. ...

Berber Language in Morocco:
A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE OFFICIAL RECOGNITION...

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