Q REPORTS (AFP) Belgium – The sharp drop in the purchasing power of wage earners in a scenario of high inflation-fueled national strikes in Belgium and Greece on Wednesday, has mobilized unions in Spain, France and the United Kingdom. The entir...

QCOSTARICA – 40% of the population in Costa Rica that was infected by Covid-19 say they still have symptoms associated with the virus, such as tiredness, fatigue, cough, rash, and chest pain, among others. This is revealed by the most recent su...

QCOSTARICA – Immigration authorities of Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia said this week that they are organizing a meeting with international organizations, to speed up the disbursement of the funds that the first of these countries urgently req...

QCOSTARICA – The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) – Judicial Police –  announced that a “significant increase” in assaults is projected for the last weeks of the year before the arrival of the Aguinaldo (Chris...

QCOSTARICA – The dollar exchange hit a new low for the year on Wednesday. The reduction is reflected both in the Foreign Currency market (Monex) and the commercial banks. In the case of banks, the dollar exchange decreased between ¢7 and ¢10,...

QCOSTARICA – “This is the right time to do it,” is the official response by the government, in contradiction of the general manager of the Banco de Costa Rica (BCR), Douglas Soto, on whether it is a good time to sell the banking ent...

QCOSTARICA – Every day, the Policia de Transito (Traffic Police) refer an average of six drivers to the prosecution for the alleged crime of drunk driving. From January to September, 1,833 drivers had to face this process. This situation worrie...

QCOSTARICA – The Guanacaste Airport (LIR), a member of the VINCI Airports network, announced that it will have an increase in frequencies of flights for this high season – which runs from November 2022 to April 2023 – compared to th...

QCOSTARICA – The regulating authority, the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP), responded publicly to criticism for setting a fee for vehicle re-inspection, despite the fact that the Government of Rodrigo Chaves preliminari...

QCOSTARICA – At a time when state banks (BCR, BNCR, Banco Popular), the national insurer (INS) and the state power utility and telecom (ICE) have shown that they are solid institutions, it is worth asking, why not open the fuels market so that ...