World news about “Panama” published by euronews.
Panama wants the euro as legal tender Panama, one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America, wants to adopt the euro as legal tender to run alongside the country’s US dollar… 15/10/2012
Panama demos over duty-free land saleThere have been sometimes deadly protests in Panama over a government decision to allow the sale of valuable state-owned land. Residents in the city of… 21/10/2012
Outrage as South Korea resumes whalingThe International Whaling Commission is in uproar after South Korea’s decision to resume scientific whaling. It caps a meeting in Panama that also failed to… 05/07/2012
Panama protests help delay controversial utility firm salesPanama’s President Ricardo Martinelli has delayed plans to sell the government’s stakes in several utility companies after a day of protests. Workers… 20/06/2012
Panama strongman Noriega sent back to jailEx-Panama strongman Manuel Noriega has been discharged from hospital and sent back to jail. Noriega fainted due to high blood pressure five days ago… 10/02/2012
Protesters block Panama highway over mining rightsIndigenous protesters are blockading the Pan-American Highway in Panama to demand that a mining ban in their homeland remain in place. The protest began on… 05/02/2012
Panama’s Noriega back home behind bars.The former military leader of Panama, Manuel Noriega has been taken straight to jail following his extradition from France to the country he once… 12/12/2011
Ex-dictator Noriega returns to PanamaPanama’s military dictator of the 1980s, Manuel Noriega, has arrived back home. He has spent the last two decades in American and French jails for drug… 12/12/2011
Ex-Panama leader Noriega extradicted home from FranceOn his way back to face justice – Panama’s former dictator Manuel Noriega is being flown home to serve forty years in prison for murders committed during… 11/12/2011
Noriega swaps prison in France for jail in PanamaPanama’s former dictator Manuel Noriega is returning to his home country, but could still face a prison term of 40 years. After being grabbed from Panama by… 11/12/2011
Panama’s ex-dictator Noriega to be sent homeIt is reported that former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega will soon be extradited to his homeland. He has previously spent 20 years in a US prison for… 09/12/2011
Noriega to be extradited to PanamaThe former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is to be extradited to his homeland from France to serve a 20-year prison sentence for human rights crimes. An… 23/11/2011
French court jails Noriega for seven yearsA French court has jailed Panama’s former dictator Manuel Noriega for seven years on charges of laundering drug money. The prosecution said Noriega used… 07/07/2010
Noriega behind bars pending French trialA French judge has ordered that the former dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, is to remain in custody until a new trial on charges of laundering drug… 28/04/2010
Supermarket tycoon elected president of PanamaOne of Panama’s richest men has been elected as the country’s president. Conservative opposition candidate Ricardo Martinelli ended a series of left-wing… 04/05/2009
Supermarket magnate wins Panama presidencyPanama’s presidential election has been won by one of the country’s wealthiest men. The conservative opposition candidate, Ricardo Martinelli, who made… 04/05/2009
Two-horse race in Panama electionsA supermarket tycoon worth millions is the strong favourite to become President as Panama prepares for elections later today. Conservative Ricardo Martinelli… 03/05/2009
