Work accidents decreased in the first half of 2014 compared with the previous year, while the amount of working days lost due to the seriousness of those events increased, trade union sources said in this city.

The Swiss airlines Edelweiss will incorporate and additional direct flight between the city of Zurich and Havana, starting from April, 2015, announced Cuba’s Tourism Ministry (MINTUR) on Tuesday.

In his most recent article, entitled "What cannot not be Forgotten" Cuban Revolution leader comments on last Sunday's Internet edition of The New York Times, which published the editorial "End the U.S. Embargo on Cuba" on Washington´s Cuba policy and the path that that country must follow, according to the views of that US publication.

Elizabeth Palmeiro, wife of Ramon Labanino, who is one of the Cuban anti-terrorists held in US prisons, said in Viena that solidarity is crucial to achieve the release of the three Cubans still serving unfair sentences.

With a political rally, the patriotic uprising with which the first Cuban war for independence of the Spanish colonial rule and against slavery began 146 years ago was recalled on Friday in this spot of the municipality of Manzanillo.

The National Association of Experts in Innovation and Rationalization (ANIR) showed its appreciation on Wednesday in this capital to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, for his fighting spirit and ennobling example.

The National Association of Experts in Innovation and Rationalization (ANIR) showed its appreciation on Wednesday in this capital to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, for his fighting spirit and ennobling example.

Over a carriage, hailed by his people and at the pace dancing music, Alfredo Despaigne, today´s Cuba best slugger, was received in an official and popular way, at the Martires de Barbados stadium, in this city, capital of Granma province.

The US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba has been stiffened under the Obama administration with the growing persecution of transactions by banks that have made business with Cuba.

In his most recent article, "Uncertain Future" published on Granma newspaper, Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro criticizes the stance assumed by the new general secretary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), praises the work of Stephen Hawking and referss to a Russia Today article on the Big Bang Theory.

Latin American experts participating in the International Renewable Energy Workshop, based in this city, will evaluate today possible cooperation agreements for the development of this industrial section in the region.

The president of the World Veterinary Association (WVA), Faouzi Kedrich, said on Tuesday he's honored to participate in the Pan-American Congress on Veterinary Sciences, Panvet 2014, under way in this capital.

The resident coordinator of the United Nations System to Cuba, Mirta Kaulard, acknowledged on Monday the efforts of the island's government to develop infrastructures for the use of renewable energy.

Cuban personalities received on Monday in this capital the 2014 Habitat Award for their contribution to the development of settlements in the country on the occasion of World Habitat Day, established by the United Nations (UN) in 1985.

Sara Kahn, representative of the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), praised on Monday the quality of professional training of veterinary teaching in Cuba, indispensable to control contagious diseases in animals and in human health care.