News: Dominican Republic

We have started to collect the most important news related to Dominican Republic in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• July 26th 2016 – August 20th 2015
• July 2nd 2015 – October 31st 2013
• September 4th 2013 – August 16th 2012
• August 6th 2012 – August 4th 2011
• February 23rd 2011 – August 18th 2008
• May 17th 2008 – November 16th 2005

Dominican Republic: news

Duty to help?

Tuesday, July 26th 2016, 23:29
related countries: Dominica, Haiti

The BBC's Will Grant reports from the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic on how the issue of migrants and their precarious situation at the border is dividing some in the Catholic Church.
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Dominican incumbent 'ahead in polls'

Monday, May 16th 2016, 2:20
related countries: Dominica

Early results in the Dominican Republic's presidential election give incumbent Danilo Medina a strong lead.
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Egypt extradites 'Air Cocaine' suspect

Friday, March 4th 2016, 5:23
related countries: Dominica, Egypt

Egypt extradites a Frenchman to the Dominican Republic for allegedly aiding the escape of two pilots sentenced in a drug case.
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Frenchman 'faces drug case extradition'

Saturday, February 27th 2016, 22:07
related countries: Dominica, Egypt

Egypt will extradite a Frenchman to the Dominican Republic for allegedly aiding the escape of two pilots sentenced in a drug case, his wife says.
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MEP 'helped fugitive French pilots'

Monday, November 23rd 2015, 10:59
related countries: Dominica, France

A Dominican Republic judge issues arrest warrants for three Frenchmen, including an MEP, for allegedly helping two French pilots flee drug convictions.
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Fugitive French 'drugs pilots' held

Monday, November 2nd 2015, 16:46
related countries: Dominica, France

Two French pilots who fled the Dominican Republic last week to escape a lengthy jail term for drug trafficking are arrested in France.
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French pilots' extradition demanded

Wednesday, October 28th 2015, 2:04
related countries: Dominica, France

Dominican Republic calls on France to extradite two pilots who fled after being convicted of trafficking cocaine.
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French 'drugs' pilots flee Caribbean

Tuesday, October 27th 2015, 10:58
related countries: Dominica, France

Two French pilots sentenced to jail in the Dominican Republic after their plane was found to contain hundreds of kilograms of cocaine flee to France.
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Vatican ex-envoy dies ahead of trial

Friday, August 28th 2015, 16:06
related countries: Dominica

Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic, dies before he can be tried for child sex offences.
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VIDEO: Haiti calls for delay to refugee return

Thursday, August 20th 2015, 21:50
related countries: Dominica, Haiti

The Haitian Government asks the Dominican Republic to delay its plans to deport thousands of Haitians back home.
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