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By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_08/080410.htm#story1The eighth edition of ExpoCasa, the Costa Rican national housing exposition, kicks off Wednesday afternoon at the Centro de Eventos Pedregal in San Antonio de Belén, in Heredia, northwest of San ...

http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_08/080210.htm#story4By Chrissie Long Tico Times Staff | clong@ticotimes.netEven as the Chinese are putting the finishing touches on world class soccer stadium in San José's La Sabana metropolitan park – a gift to the Central American country – Costa Rica is ...

By Matt Levin Tico Times Staff | mlevin@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_07/073010.htm#story5Costa Rica's summer break vacation period saw many travelers heading toward the Central Pacific coast or to Monteverde, while fewer vacationers made the trip to Guanacaste, a traditional vacation hotspot for ...

By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_07/072710.htm#story4What the city of Houston, Texas is to space travel in the United States, the city of Liberia may soon be to Costa Rica.   On Sunday, President Laura Chinchilla announced that Liberia, located in the ...

  By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_07/072610.htm#story3Costa Rica's Second Vice President Luis Liberman announced Saturday that $1.5 million will be spent to build a new two-kilometer road in the northwestern province of Guanacaste.The proposed road ...

By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_07/072610.htm#story3Costa Rica's Second Vice President Luis Liberman announced Saturday that $1.5 million will be spent to build a new two-kilometer road in the northwestern province of Guanacaste.The proposed road will ...

Source: www.insidecostarica.com KLM Royal Dutch airlines, in partnership with COPA airlines, is offering flights from the Juan Santamaría (San José) international airport to European destination with a stop in Panama and Schiphol, Amsterdam. The airline will be providing five flights a week: Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays ...

Source: InsideCostaRica.com The Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) is getting aggressive in attracting new mortgage customer and is now lending up to 100% of the value. The program allows home buyers with no down payment, but have the ability to make the payments, to now make that important purchase in their life. The BCR will lend on mortgages in ...

Source: InsideCostaRica The Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber in Liberia will be in private hands for the next 20 years following the approval by the Contraloría General de la República (Comptroller's office) to give Consorcio Coriport the airport concession. Guillermo Matamoros, viceministro de Concesiones for the ...

Costa Rica's tourism is down over 12% this year, however, it is not due to decreasing tourists from Europe. In fact, more tourists from Europe have visited Costa Rica this year than last year, and ICT (Costa Rica's Institute of Tourism) is projecting that the number of European visitors will be up over 10% compared to 2008. Most of the ...