Tag: Algeria

Language Overview The official language is Arabic (70%), in the south mainly Berber languages ​​are spoken (30%). Business and official language is predominantly French. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 05/01/2022 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) 05/01/2022 Labor Day 05.07.2022 Independence Day 07/09/2022 Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) 08/08/2022 Ashura 10/09/2022 Milad un Nabi (Birthday of […]

The new Algeria, proclaimed independent on July 31, 1962, was however born under the sign of strong contrasts between the components of the liberation front: Ben Khedda, appointed head of the provisional government in 1961, was overthrown by an alliance that in 1962 elected Ferḥāt ‘Abbās president of the Republic and Ben Bellā head of […]