Costa Rica: News

Costa Rica is not only well known for being a popular beach and eco-adventure vacation destination; currency collectors, also known as 'notaphiles', have long held Costa Rica's bank note design in high esteem. The latest editions will not disappoint them.

On March 26, 2011 Costa Rica celebrated the official opening of their new National Stadium (Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica).

It's going to be a very wet rainy season this year; rainfall in June will surpass averages from August through October, according to the National Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica.

BUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- An update of the World Database of Happiness calculates Costa Rica is at the top of the list for quality of life in 148 countries, Dutch researchers say.

"Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth."

I wonder how Gordon Brown reacted when he read these opening words in the Sustainable Development Commission's report, Prosperity Without Growth, published in March this year.

Lights on: Juan Santamaría International Airport now has 34 functioning lighting towers.

Flights coming into Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela will no longer be left in the dark.

If harboring the United Nation's University for Peace and a Nobel Peace Prize-winning president weren't enough, Costa Rica is establishing a Peace Ministry to further brand itself as the nonviolent capital of the Americas.

A new method for processing residency requests is expected to slice the wait time by a third and create greater fluidity in legalizing professional immigrants.