Panama on Monday opened an exhibition of some 40 lithographs by Pablo Picasso as part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish artist’s death. The exhibition “Aún sorprendo” (I still surprise), with an original collection by Picasso (Málaga, 1881 – Mougins, France, 1973) on loan from the Universidad Europea del Atlántico/Fundación Universitaria […]
The Panamanian Foreign Ministry announced that as of this week, Panama is part of the Electronic Travel Authorization Program (eTA), allowing Panamanian citizens to travel to Canada without a visa. The Foreign Ministry details that the e-TA authorization can be used by Panamanians to travel to Canada as a tourist or on a business trip […]
The project, which is valued at approximately 20 million, includes the studies, designs, development, approval of the plans and construction of the New Fiscal Pier of Puerto Armuelles, as well as the supply of furniture, tools, equipment and materials necessary for the perfect operation of the offices and the dock area. In that sense, the AMP held […]
The Panamanian restaurant Maito, the Ecuadorian Nuema and the Peruvian Mérito enter for the first time in the list of the best 100 restaurants in the world, prepared by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, which this Thursday, June 8 published the second tranche of these recognitions. As reported this Thursday on its website The World’s […]
The Minister of the Presidency, José Simpson, representing the President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, delivered Decree No. 8 of May 19, 2023, which increases the capital of the National Bank of Panama (BNP), the most important banking entity in the country, to one billion balboas. “This is an important event for the country […]
On Saturday, June 10, there is a world event in Panama. The Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov, former world champion, is in the country to participate in a simultaneous exhibition at the Altaplaza shopping center at 3 p.m. The name Ponomariov is a hallmark in the universe of chess, like Maradona in soccer or Roberto “Mano de […]
World-class waves and the high-quality surfing they enable are proving to be major money makers for business people in Panama’s tourism sector. Authorities in that Central American country are well aware of the situation and have been doing their utmost to promote that sport further with three big competitions on its coasts over a span […]
Germany wants to strengthen economic ties with Latin America, but protecting the environment, said on Friday the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, who closed a tour in the region with a visit to the Panama Canal. “And my visit is also to emphasize that we want to cooperate precisely on these issues of […]
The project called “Promotion of bamboo as a nature-based solution for the development of livelihoods and environmental management for mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the Latin American and Caribbean Region (Bambú Panama)” will be launched in Oajaca, Penonomé. This week, the Ministry of Environment made the official launch of this initiative that aims to promote […]
Panama is still a desirable location for international investors, Javier Carrizo, general manager at Banco Nacional de Panamá, and Otto Wolfschoon, president of the Banking Association, said on the sidelines of the Panama Day UK event on May 18. Seven years after the Panama Papers, the data leak revealing the secretive offshore companies used to […]