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Korea and Costa Rica strengthened their diplomatic relations

October 12, 2016 by Staff News Writer

On October 12th, president of the republic Luis Guillermo Solís met president of Korea Park Geun-hye. The meeting ass part of the activities included in the Asian tour. They also planned to sign several cooperation agreements on the exchange of tax information, health, safety, science and technology. The president also received an honorary doctorate from […]

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Social network users are getting tricked

October 12, 2016 by Staff News Writer

According to a survey conducted by Eset Latin America security firm, 30% of social network users clicked misleading publications, 35% experienced an incident of malware or spam and 15% were victims of phishing (personal information theft). This means that 1 out of 3 users were infected with some kind of malicious code through social engineering […]

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Costa Rican best short movies in Festival Shnit

October 12, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The five international winners from the Shnit Festival will be announced in New York on October 16th. However, two national short films were declared winners of the sixth edition that ended on October 9th. Nathalie Álvarez Mesén won as Costa Rica best short film for “Asunder”. The short is about the desire of Nia, along with […]

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Young women with breast cancer are increasing

October 12, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Breast cancer is not longer a disease that attacks only women over 60 years old. It has become a big problem for young women. According to the Tumor Registry of the Ministry of Health, 59% of cases of breast cancer detected in Costa Rica are in women aged 30 to 59 years old. Mejdi Yodeiri, […]

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Oktober Beer Fest will offer 170 brands of Beer

October 12, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The fourth edition of Oktober Beer Fest, one of the most important exhibitions and beer tasting festivals in the country, will be held next weekend. On Saturday, the show starts at 11 a.m. and will run until midnight. On Sunday, the activity will be from 12:00 m. 10:00 p.m. This year, on October 15th and 16th […]

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Complaints against the State for alleged monopolistic practices were filed

October 12, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Representatives from the Commission to Promote Competition (COPROCOM) received the complaint filed by the business sector. It is against the State for alleged monopolistic practices, which is backed by industries and traders. A study of admissibility must issue an outcome in the next few days. The complaint was filed by the Costa Rican Union of […]

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