Economic Policy

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Banking & Finance
“Challenge Companion” and “Cooling”.. Halal Loans for Farmers Coming Soon

“Challenge Companion” and “Cooling”.. Halal Loans for Farmers Coming Soon

The Agricultural and Rural Development Bank is preparing to launch new Islamic financing formulas aimed at the agricultural sector, as part of a program to develop Islamic banking products in Algeria. Finance Minister Abdel Karim Bouzerd, in a written response to Tahar Ben Ali, a member of the National People's Assembly, explained that these formulas include the products “Challenge Companion” and “Cooling”, which have been approved by the bank's Sharia Council to ensure their compliance with Islamic law. These products will be gradually introduced after completing all legal, regulatory, and technical procedures, and obtaining approvals from the relevant authorities.

Jan 18, 2026echoroukonline.com
Regulatory & Legal
Rest assured... this is the plan to regulate the market and protect the consumer!

Rest assured... this is the plan to regulate the market and protect the consumer!

Enhancing hygiene and security conditions, truck movement, and combating chaotic stalls. The stability of supply is a result of precise daily monitoring at the national level. The Ministry of Internal Trade and Regulation of the National Market confirmed that 5-liter cooking oil is sufficiently available in all provinces. It clarified that this stability comes as part of comprehensive efforts to enhance the supply system and regulate the market, through the digitization of wholesale markets, the adoption of invoicing and tracking to control quantities and prices, gradually integrating parallel markets into the formal sector, and including the activities of 'digital farmers' and 'e-merchants' in wholesale and retail within the amended e-commerce law, ensuring the continuity of supply, protecting the consumer, and organizing activities...

Jan 18, 2026echoroukonline.com
Real Estate & Construction
Expected receipt of several projects during 2026

Expected receipt of several projects during 2026

Algeria - The receipt of several railway projects at the national level is expected during the current year 2026, which will expand the national network and ensure greater fluidity in transport movement, while supporting social and economic development, according to what was reported on Sunday by an official from the National Agency for Studies and Monitoring of Railway Investment Projects 'ANSREF'.

Jan 18, 2026aps.dz
Real Estate & Construction
Western Mining Line.. Allocation of 2400 billion DZD for Modernizing the Network

Western Mining Line.. Allocation of 2400 billion DZD for Modernizing the Network

The central director at the National Agency for Studies and Monitoring of Investments in Railways, Anserif, Nabil Boubaïa, revealed that the Ministry of Public Works is overseeing multiple projects within the national program to develop this network, which currently extends over 5738 km across various provinces of the country, including the western mining line. During his appearance today, Sunday, on the 'Guest of the Morning' program on the first radio channel, Boubaïa explained that the ministry allocated a financial envelope of 2400 billion DZD to develop and modernize the railway transport network, as part of a strategic vision aimed at supporting economic and social development, similar to many developed countries that built an economy...

Jan 18, 2026echoroukonline.com
Trade & Exports
Washington Threatens Tariffs to Pressure for Purchase of Greenland

Washington Threatens Tariffs to Pressure for Purchase of Greenland

U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to impose escalating tariffs on several of America's allies in Europe, in a new escalation of the dispute over the future of Greenland, a territory of Denmark, asserting that these measures will continue until Washington is allowed to purchase the island. Trump explained in a post on his platform 'Truth Social' that a 10 percent tariff will take effect starting February 1 on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and Finland. He added that these tariffs will rise to 25 percent starting June 1 and will remain in effect until an agreement is reached allowing the United States to purchase Greenland.

Jan 18, 2026echoroukonline.com