On July 20, the interests sections of Cuba and the United States in Washington and Havana respectively will officially become embassies, confirmed on Saturday in this capital Josefina Vidal, director general of the United States Department of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

Cuban historical leader Fidel Castro met with outstanding officers and civil workers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior to whom he handed recognitions for their work on the production of food

Cuban deputies will meet today in 10 standing working commissions to debate, discuss and look for solutions to problems affecting Cuban people and economy at the Havana´s Conventions Center.

To celebrate more than six years of university studies, along with an outstanding solidarity work with Cuba, 22 young people from Latin American, African and Caribbean nations will climb next Saturday Turquino Peak, the highest mountain of the island.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, sent a letter to the Cuban health workers who fought Ebola in West Africa.

Glories and workers of the Cuban sports movement paid tribute at the funeral parlor of Calzada and K Streets, in this capital, to the leader of this sector Reynaldo Gonzalez, who died last July 5 in Mexico City.

The analysis of results of supervision and control actions at different state entities, as well as the concern and opinion of the people are high on the agenda of the Cuban Parliament´s ten commissions, which are meeting Saturday through Monday previous to the 5th Session of the top legislative body.

Nguyen Thi Than Hoa, member of the Central Committee of the Viet-Nam Communist Party and president of the Women´s Union, and the delegation she heads, toured Havana city.

Cuban specialists will present today in this city their management and conservation experiences in the 9th Congress on Protected Areas, one of the events of the 10th International Convention on Environment and Development.

The Cuban Parliament´s ten permanent commissions will meet Saturday through Monday at Havana´s Conventions Hall to analyze a large agenda previous to the 5th Parliament Session scheduled for Wednesday, July 15.

Direct flights from Lisbon to Cayo Coco for the second consecutive summer confirmed the potential of Jardines del Rey to open itself to new markets, and the interest of Europeans for the Cuban tourist destinations.

The five Cuban antiterrorists arrived on Monday in the People's Republic of Angola with the friendly reception of a people in solidarity that always accompanied the struggle for their release, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

A Cuba-Italy business forum is underway in Havana to expand bilateral commercial and economic exchange between the two countries.

The La Periquera Museum in the eastern city of Holguin is home to the exhibition called Bajo el Cielo de Holguin (Under the Skies of Holguin), aimed at studying the panorama of the history of civil aviation in the province about to celebrate its 85 anniversary.

The 45th Contingent of the Jose Marti European Brigade, composed of more than 130 representatives of 19 nations of that part of the world, began their activities on Monday with the laying of a wreath to Cuba's National Hero.