Aimed at promoting unity among Arab communities, the 18th Congress of the Confederation of Arab Entities of The Americas (FEARAB-AMERICA) will take place November 11 and 12 in Havana.

Cuba´s Ministry of Industries (MINDUS by its Spanish acronym) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) presented the Country Program Framework for the period 2016-2020, during the 34 th International Fair of Havana (FIHAV 2016 by its Spanish acronym).

The presentation of the Chinese Yutong electric bus attracted interests on Monday among the participants at the 35th Havana International Trade Fair, FIHAV 2016.

Workers of the Electrical Company will not relent until the municipalities damaged by Hurricane Matthew regain this service, which has been restored at more than 90 percent.

The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will contribute 5.3 million dollars to guarantee the people affected by hurricane Matthew in Cuba first necessity items, according to a release by the United Nations Cuba office.

Nearly half the Cuban flora species are endangered, with the largest numbers of them located in western Pinar del Rio province and Eastern Cuba according to a recent scientific report.

Five Cuban volleyball players, who were given five prison years by a Finnish court on August 31 for aggravated rape against an adult Finnish woman, have appealed the sentence, according to Cuban Sports authorities.

Cuban government vice-president and Economy minister Ricardo Cabrisas and visiting French State Secretary Matthias Fekl held talks Thursday in Havana and reaffirmed the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro received visiting Portuguese President Maracelo Rebelo de Sousa on Wednesday evening, in what was described as a very friendly meeting.

Cuban President Raul Castro held talks Wednesday with Portuguese Head of State Marcelo Rebelo de Souza, who is paying an official visit to Cuba.

The World condemned on Wednesday at the United Nations, for the 25th occasion, the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, while the abstention of the U.S. government was unprecedented.

A group of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima y Nagasaki who travel in the Peace Boat will meet with Cuban representatives and students on Wednesday at Havana's Latin American Medical School (ELAM).

Over 90 percent of the total of clients of the Basic Electric Organization (OBE) of Guantanamo in the municipalities damaged by Hurricane Matthew have been reestablished that service, one of which measures the standard of living of a nation.

For his outstanding work in favor of the strengthening of relations between Cuba and France, Jean Pierre Bel, special envoy of the President of that European nation for Latin America and the Caribbean, was presented on Tuesday with the Friendship Medal.

Once again the international community will support Cuba when it submits on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly the resolution "Need to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States of America."