The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Anthony Philip Hammond, will arrive today in Cuba for an official visit.

Germany´s Condor airline company will for the first time and directly connect the cities of Munich and Havana in an effort to increase flights to Cuba.

Nearly 5 thousand education workers will open May Day demonstrations in all Cuban squares next Sunday.

Russia´s Rossiya 24 TV channel stressed on Tuesday the welcome given by Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro to the first group of victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, when they arrived in Havana for treatment.

Cuba saw an increasing number of US visitors in the first quarter of this year, following the ease of travel restrictions implemented by the Obama administration, said a Cuban tourist expert.

Cuba and Kuwait signed on Friday in this capital the first agreement of long-term loan in the energy sector, which will allow the Caribbean nation to finance the construction project of 34 small hydroelectric plants.

Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador, asserted on Friday in that South American nation that Cuba is a champion of solidarity, while thanking the Caribbean island for its help after the catastrophic earthquake of April 16, as a consequence of which 587 people have lost their lives and thousands of people were injured.

The May First Solidarity Brigade, made up of over 200 friends of Cuba from 34 nations of the world, is in Cuba to meet a 15-day supportive agenda and join Cuban workers at their May Day march on Havana´s Revolution Square.

New migration regulations were published Friday on Granma newspaper lifting prohibitions on Cuban nationals to enter or exit the island by ship, which had been in force for years to prevent terrorist actions of which Cuba had for long been the target.

Cuban workers throughout the island prepare massive mobilizations in support of the accords reached by the recent 7th Congress of the Communist Party as all unions and the non-state sector get ready to stage huge marches on May Day.

Panamanian authorities announced the building of shelters for some 2 500 Cubans stranded in the border with Costa Rica, who intend to keep their journey to the United States where they will pursue the benefits offered only to Cubans citizens by the US Cuban Adjustment Act.

One of the reasons I'm here is because the Smithsonian Institute of the United States –the world's largest group of museums - is interested in cooperating with Cuba, David Skorton, secretary of the U.S. institute visiting the island told reporters.

The first plenary session of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party reelected Army General Raul Castro in the position of First Secretary and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura as Second Secretary.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, presented today in this capital the 17 members of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the PCC.

We should tell our brothers in Latin America and the world that the Cuban people will win, asserted the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, in a special address at the closing ceremony of the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, in session for four days at Havana's Convention Center.