

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...
ALSO