News: Panama

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

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Panama: news

VIDEO: Bieber appears in Panama after arrest

Monday, January 27th 2014, 9:22

Justin Bieber has been spotted in Panama, days after he was charged with with driving under the influence of alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs in Florida.
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Panama Canal row deadline passes

Monday, January 20th 2014, 12:44
related countries: Spain

A Spanish-led consortium backs down on its threat to halt work on expanding the Panama Canal - but says a stoppage remains an option.
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Spain in talks on Panama Canal row

Monday, January 6th 2014, 19:20
related countries: Spain

Spanish Public Works Minister Ana Pastor meets Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli after a threat by a Spanish-led consortium to halt work on expanding the Panama Canal.
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VIDEO: Spain enters Panama Canal row

Saturday, January 4th 2014, 9:26
related countries: Spain

The Spanish government is in talks with Panama to try to resolve a row over the expansion of the Panama Canal.
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Spain steps into Panama Canal row

Friday, January 3rd 2014, 17:11
related countries: Spain

The Spanish government says it is in talks with Panama and Sacyr, the builder at the heart of a row over a contract to expand the global shipping hub.
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Row threatens Panama Canal expansion

Thursday, January 2nd 2014, 19:40

The consortium building a massive expansion to the Panama Canal threatens to stop work unless a dispute over cost overruns can be resolved.
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Suriname leader's son in drugs case

Saturday, August 31st 2013, 0:48
related countries: Suriname, United States

The son of Suriname's president, Dino Bouterse, has been charged in the US after being arrested in Panama.
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North Korea ship 'broke embargo'

Thursday, August 29th 2013, 5:04
related countries: Cuba, North Korea
related places: Pyongyang

Panama says undeclared Cuban weapons found on a ship bound for North Korea were an "undoubted violation" of the UN arms embargo on Pyongyang.
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UN probes North Korea arms shipment

Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 23:11
related countries: North Korea

UN officials have begun inspecting an arms shipment found on a North Korean ship, Panama's security minister says.
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Jet fuselages found on N Korean ship

Monday, July 22nd 2013, 13:43
related countries: Cuba, North Korea

Panama says it has found two MiG jet fuselages on board the North Korean ship it seized last week for carrying "war material" from Cuba to North Korea.
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Kidnap case CIA agent 'heads for US'

Friday, July 19th 2013, 17:47
related countries: Italy, United States

An ex-CIA station chief held in Panama after a conviction in Italy over the kidnap of a terror suspect is '"en route" to the US, officials say.
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Ex-CIA fugitive detained in Panama

Friday, July 19th 2013, 0:36
related countries: Italy

A former CIA station chief convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a terror suspect has been detained in Panama, Italian officials say.
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Panama charges North Korea ship crew

Thursday, July 18th 2013, 11:28
related countries: Cuba, North Korea

Prosecutors in Panama say they have pressed charges against the crew of a North Korean ship carrying weapons from Cuba to North Korea.
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VIDEO: N Korea asks Panama to release ship

Thursday, July 18th 2013, 6:12
related countries: North Korea

North Korea has urged Panama to release without delay its ship and crew, seized after weapons were found on board.
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Panama 'must free' N Korea arms ship

Wednesday, July 17th 2013, 21:57
related countries: Cuba, North Korea

North Korea urges Panama to release without delay its ship and crew - seized after weapons were found on board - in its first comments on the case.
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