Algeria

HOTELS The Hotel Saint George in Algiers This is Algiers' most prestigious address. Built on the site of a former Arabo-Ottoman palace, set in the heart of a botanical garden, this five-star hotel has long been the preferred address of the British bourgeoisie and has welcomed prestigious guests from the worlds of art and politics. With its conference rooms, swimming pools and tennis court, the hotel is...

What impact has the fall in oil prices had on Algeria's economy? It has had a major impact on the balance of payments and public budgets. However, Algeria has room for manoeuvre, with substantial foreign exchange reserves, in excess of 100 billion dollars. And it is a country...

A major port and the seat of the country's administrative, political and economic institutions, Algiers is a maximum 3-hour flight from all the major European capitals, making this superb city, built on the foothills of the Sahel hills, an ideal bridge between Europe and Africa. A city centre in need of renovation However, the...

Algeria is doing well. And very well indeed. With a low level of external debt, a GDP of 171 billion dollars in 2008, a market of 35 million inhabitants and an annual GDP growth1 of 9 % in 2009 when the rest of the world was lamenting, it can hardly complain. And...