The President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic, will arrive in Cuba on an official visit on Monday.

Focusing on getting the most out of production potentials, Cuban farmers opened the 11th Congress of the National Small Farmers Association, which groups some 400 thousand private and cooperative farmers throughout the island.

The planting of short cycles crops like sweet potato and pumpkin, the transfer of water to those places where cattle grazes and the regulated use of supply sources are some of the actions that are underway in the municipality to reduce the effects of the drought in the region.

The 168 Municipal Assemblies of the People's Power for a period of two and a half years were constituted on Wednesday, after the recent midterm elections in which 12,589 delegates of constituencies were elected.

Cuban President Raul Castro said he was satisfied with the results of the three-day visit to Cuba by French President François Hollande.

Yania Aguirre, in the 49 kilograms division, and Jose Angel Cobas (74 kg), will be the first Cubans to fight in the World Taekwondo Championships to open tomorrow in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received the President of the French Republic, François Hollande, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

France´s President Francois Hollande wound up what was considered a historic visit to Cuba during which he held meetings with Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro and with President Raul Castro.

The first working meeting between representatives of the Holy See, the Catholic Church in Cuba and the authorities of the island was held on Monday afternoon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of preparations for the pastoral visit of Pope Francis to Cuba in September, the Cubaminrex Web site reported.

The President of France, Francois Hollande, who is on an official visit to Cuba, attended on Monday the signing of cooperation agreements between French universities and research centers of the island, signed at the Main Lecture Hall of the University of Havana (UH).

Francois Hollande, the first French President to visit Cuba since the establishment of relations between the two countries in 1902, delivered a keynote speech this morning in the Aula Magna at the University of Havana.

The final results of the efficacy confirmation study of the Cuban vaccine CIMAvax-EGF in advanced lung cancer will be presented at the 5th International Workshop on the subject next Tuesday and Wednesday in this city.

President Raul Castro returned to Cuba on Monday after visiting Algeria, Russia, Italy and the Vatican.

French President Francois Hollande is meeting a tight agenda in Cuba as part of his official visit here, which is the first trip to Cuba by a French president since Havana and Paris established diplomatic relations on June 11, 1902.

Cuban President Raul Castro invited the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, to visit Cuba, during a cordial meeting on Friday as part of his official program in Russia.