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The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Costa Rican government is trying to get more high-tech European companies investing in the country to create jobs and increase technology.To take advantage of the Association Agreement with the European Union, the...

In the near future, electric cars could appear alongside pineapple, coffee and computer chips in the list of exports that Costa Rica makes.A Costa Rican company designed a hybrid car called CambYo CR in order to produce it here...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – “Juna” is the official name given to the butterfly mascot for the women's football World Cup which will be held in Costa Rica in 2014, reported the local organizing committee.The butterfly of different...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, said Wednesday she hopes her country can soon join in the Pacific Alliance between Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile which advocates free trade and economic development.The...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The poems of Jordan, Spain, Ecuador, Iraq, Morocco, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Panama, Honduras and Cuba, among others, will be heard in Costa starting today for the International Poetry Festival 2013.More than 13...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Drug Control Police (PCD) of Costa Rica seized an undeclared $227,850 from two men who tried to travel together to Brussels, said the security ministry.The Greek man was identified as Daniil Michail,...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Costa Rican authorities have seized nearly 9,000 illegal weapons, mostly in the hands of criminals, since 2011, announced the Security Ministry.Mostly of the seized arsenal includes pistols, revolvers and shotguns, but they...

San Jose, capital of Costa Rica, celebrated its 200th Anniversary as a city in the midst of music, photos, and a review of its history since it ceased to be the Villa Nueva de la Boca del Monte of...

The large piece of real estate is located in Zaragosa Palmares Alajuela and is 8,919 sq m. with 48 meters of street frontage on a main road, making this ideal to build commercial residential venture.Palmares Costa Rica Real...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Irish President, Michael D. Higgins, starts an official visit to Mexico, El Salvador, and Costa Rica this Sunday to strengthen business and cultural ties in Latin America, said an official spokesman.Higgins, who will be...