The average annual temperature in Cuba last year was the highest since 1951, reaching a value of 1.06 Celsius degrees above the historical average (25.49), said specialists from the Climate Center of the Meteorology Institute.
German Deputy Foreign Minister pays official visit to Cuba
Germany´s deputy foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel is paying a three-day official visit to Cuba as he is expected to arrive in Havana on Wednesday to meet his official agenda till Friday.
European Delegation Meets with Cuban MPs
Relations between Cuba and the European Parliament progress on the right path and areas for potential cooperation are opened, said on Tuesday Giovanni Saverio Furio Pittella, President of the Socialist group and Democrats of that body, during a meeting with Ana María Mari Machado, Vice-president of the National Assembly of the People's Power (ANPP).
Cuba ranks 67 in Human Development Index in the world
Cuba moved two positions up, to the 67th place, among the 188 nations that present data on human development to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) once again placing the island among the countries with the highest levels of human development in the world.
Iowa legislators to visit Cuba
Two democratic legislators from the US state of Iowa are planning to come this week to Cuba leading a delegation interested in fostering bilateral links for future trade exchange.
US and Cuban universities sign bilateral cooperation accord
In the presence of Virginia´s governor Terence R. McAuliffe, who is currently visiting Cuba, the University of Havana and and Virginia Commonwealth University signed a frame accord to promote bilateral academic collaboration agreement.
European Parliament Deputy Visits Cuba
Giovanni Saverio Furio, president of the Socialist group and Democrats of the European Parliament is on a visit to Cuba, during which he is expected to meet with officials from different spheres of the Caribbean nation, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.
Cabrisas Receives Visiting Governor of Virginia
The Vice-president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, received the governor of the state of Virginia, United States, Terry McAuliffe, who is on a working visit to Cuba.
Obama could visit Cuba this year
US President Barack Obama is expected to meet a large international agenda this year with visits to European and Asian nations, as well as Colombia and Peru with possibilities to visit Cuba.
Virginia Governor in Cuba to expand commercial links
The governor of the US State of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is paying a three-day visit to Cuba heading a political and commercial mission aimed at finding ways to expand economic and commercial relations.
Raul Attends Reopening of Havana's Grand Theater
Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the councils of State and Ministers, attended on Friday the gala dedicated to the triumph of the Cuban Revolution at the Alicia Alonso Gran Teatro de La Habana, which also marked the reopening of the emblematic center after three years of intense restoration works.
Direct Flights between Italy and Camagüey Resumed
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 2 (acn) With the arrival of 130 Italian travelers on January 1st at the Ignacio Agramonte International Airport of Camagüey, the link between that city and Italy -one of the main countries sending tourists to this eastern province- was resumed after over a decade without flights between these destinations.
UNICEF Acknowledges Cuba's Achievements in Child Protection
The representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Cuba, Anna Lucia D'Emilio, highlighted on Wednesday the island's results in the care of its children during 2015, and reaffirmed the support of her organization for that effort.
Raul Attends Cuban Parliament Session
Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and President of the councils of State and Ministers, attends in Havana the sixth regular session of the Eighth Legislature of the National Assembly of the People's Power.
Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party Holds 12th Plenary Session
Participants in the 12th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), chaired by its First Secretary, Army General Raul Castro, assessed on Saturday the proposal of the Conceptualization of the Cuban Social and Economic Model of Socialist Development, and the report on the performance of the work objectives adopted at the First National Conference of the PCC.
Cuban social programs will continue to benefit of collaboration
Cuba will continue making possible the cooperation of international organizations and foreign governments towards priority sectors of the country such as food, energy, hydraulics, sanitation, public health and education.