Suriname News Archives

More foreign governments and leaders have expressed their sympathies for the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12.

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen are in Surinam for a two-day visit. via Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

After much hype earlier this year following several friendly internationals, Guyana's Golden Jaguars will face arch-rivals Suriname in their opening World Cup preliminary match next month in the neighbouring ... via Stabroek News

High school students in Suriname held a rally Wednesday to protest a weeklong strike by hundreds of teachers in the tiny South American country. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“The Netherlands was liberated from the ideas about slaves and the practices that went along with them.”

The governing Christian Democrats and Labour Party have rejected a call by Socialist Party MP Harry van Bommel for Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende to apologise to Surinam for the Netherlands' part in the ... via Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Paramaribo, May 2 Suriname's Executive is studying a congressional initiative Friday to freeze fuel taxes and renegotiate accords with Canadian mining transnational IAMGold to raise its contribution to the ... via Prensa Latina