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The German Embassy in the Dominican Republic, in partnership with the Goethe Institute in Mexico, is organizing a concert “Two Generations n One Music” with Stefan Bauer and emerging Dominican artist Jean Carlo Urena Gonzalez. They will present an evening of jazz, top international hits and contemporary music marked by harmony, improvisation, rhythm and groove. …

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President Danilo Medina hosted a visit by the president of the Brazilian Lula Institute at his office yesterday, Monday 17 November 2014. Luiz Soares Dulci is visiting the country as the guest of Santiago Senator Julio Cesar Valentin. Soares Dulci told Medina that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was interested in visiting the Dominican Republic during …

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Yesterday, Monday 17 November 2014, the Presidential Palace was lit up for Christmas. President Medina, First Lady Candida Montilla and Vice President Margarita Cedeno took part in the ceremony. The Palace itself is lit up and there are thousands of multi-colored light bulbs all over the gardens in the trees, bushes and palm trees as …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Andres Navarro has responded emphatically to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), saying that there are no stateless people in this country as the international agency is claiming. He went on to say that the government has explained on many occasions that the Constitution and Dominican law do not …

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The Haitian government has announced that the high-level discussions with the Dominican Republic will continue this week in Port-au-Prince. Two weeks ago a bilateral meeting was held in Santo Domingo. Haitian technical secretariat head Regine Lamur said that the next meeting of the Bilateral Commission would take place on Wednesday 19 November 2014 and Thursday, …

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The European Union has announced that international organizations will be meeting on 1 and 2 December 2014 to discuss ways of improving their support for the high-level talks between Haiti and the DR that began on 7 January 2014 in the DR. The European Union ambassador in the country, Alberto Navarro, said that the ambassadors …

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Jean-Alain Rodriguez, executive director of the Center for Exports and Investment in the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), says that the country has generated US$20 billion in foreign investment in the last 10 years, US$5 billion of which was in the last two years. Speaking at a press conference at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 17 November …

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The World Bank has just released a study, “Doing Business in Central America and the Dominican Republic 2015” that compares business regulations in the six Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) and the Dominican Republic. The study focuses on business in the capitals and other cities regarding regulations that …

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The Chamber of Accounts president Licelott Marte says that only five government officials have complied with Law 311-14 that obliges them to provide personal finance statements. They are the Dominican ambassador in Guatemala, Elic Fernandez, former Minister of Public Health Freddy Hidalgo, former attorney general for the appeals court of the Province of Santo Domingo …

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The three leading transport companies are now seeking to receive part of the millions in funding to political parties distributed by the Central Electoral Board (JCE). This would be in addition to billions in subsidies they have finagled from the government over the years, as reported in Diario Libre. Antonio Marte of Conatra has created …

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