Costa Rica Bribery Scandal Spread to Finland
According to a new report by FinnWatch, an organization that collects, analyses, and disseminates information about Finnish companies, the controversial export of hospital equipment to Costa Rica - known locally as the Caja-Fischel scandal that involves former president Rafael Angel Calderón -  involves extensive bribery, which has spread to Finland as well.

Inflation Rate Higher that Predicted; November Inflation Rate 12.94%
It is no big secret that living in Costa Rica has become more expensive, especially in the last several months. According to figures released by the Instituto Costarricense de Estadística y Censos (INEC) - statistics and census office - the accumulated inflation for November reached 12.94% and should settle at around 14% overall for 2005.

Costa Rica to Enjoy Tariff-Free Exports to EU in 3 years
Costa Rica will be able to export goods tariff-free to the 25-member European Union (EU) starting from January 2009, Sergio Navas, head of the Chamber of Costa Rica Exporters, said Friday.

Sacsa Loses Cartago - San José Route
As of December 16, SACSA, the operator of the bus route between Cartago and San José will be stopped from operating following the suspension of the concession by the Consejo de Transporte Público.

All 250.000 New Cellular Lines Already Assigned
Monday December 5 is an important day for thousands of Costa Ricans waiting to obtain a cellular telephone line. The lines outside the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) - state monopoly on telecommunications - will be long and the waiting for will be even longer, as ICE begins to sell the first 250.000 GSM lines of the new GSM network that will see 600.000 GSM lines added to the present networks by March of 2006.