President Tebboune lays the foundation stone for the new media city “Desire Media City” in Oulad Fayet-El Hewar, Algeria

Today, Wednesday, the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in the framework of the commemoration of the 61st anniversary of the Independence and Youth Day, laid the foundation stone for the completion of the new media city “Desire Media City” in Ouled Fayet, in Algiers.
This media city, which sits on an area of ​​​​74 hectares, includes a media area, photography studios, an artists’ village, a space for education and research, and a multi-service area.
The area allocated to the media consists of the headquarters of the national media institutions, namely the public institution of Algerian television, the Algerian News Agency, the Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation, the National Corporation for Communication, Publishing and Publicity, the Algerian Radio, and the Algiers International Channel “24”.
And the President of the Republic ordered the acceleration of the completion of this huge media edifice that keeps pace with the latest international standards in this field, as the completion period was set at about 27 months.
And by the way, the President of the Republic stressed the need to move the headquarters of the Press House to this new media city, with the allocation of a building for the electronic press that can house up to 50 titles.
He also noted that print titles could rent premises at the Desire Media City level if they “wanted to do so”.
President Tebboune expressed his keenness to expedite the completion of this project in accordance with the set deadlines and to provide it with facilities that guarantee various services, with the use of renewable energies at the level of these facilities.
At the end of his inspection visit, the President of the Republic listened to the national anthem before reviewing formations of the various forces of the People’s National Army and the Republican Guard, who gave him the honorary salute.