The President of the councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro, arrived on Saturday in Rome in a refueling stop of his return journey to Cuba.

Relations between Cuba and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are based on the mutual interest of working closely together, based on equality and respect, asserted in this capital Bert Koenders, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European nation.

A strong local storm hard hit eastern Las Tunas city on Thursday by felling trees, and causing floods that affected streets and homes and cuts of power with damage that has not yet been calculated.

The Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin, received Cuban President Raul Castro with a big hug at the Kremlin on Thursday and thanked him for traveling to Moscow to participate in the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism, which will take place on Saturday at Red Square.

The First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, received Serguei Eugenievich Naryshkin, President of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Cuba´s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel received this Thursday morning the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Bert Koenders.

The Health Minister of Nepal, Khem Karki, announced the creation of a mobile hospital where Cuban physicians will work, due to the hospital emergency left by the earthquake, as informed by TeleSUR special correspondent Aissa Garcia.

JetBlue Airlines announced that starting from July 3 it will make a weekly New York-Havana flight, although U.S. citizens won't be able to travel as tourists, due to the restrictions of the blockade.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Wednesday with Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev and expressed his gratefulness for the invitation to participate at commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism, which will take place Saturday in Moscow.

Jorge Mattar, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning, said in this city that the shift to a dignified life in the region is possible.

The Holy See confirmed that Pope Francis will receive Cuban President Raul Castro in a private meeting on Sunday, May 10.

The University of South Dakota, in the United States, is offering students a program to take Health Service Administration in Cuba and learn from the island´s reality, culture and people.

Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and president of the National Assembly of the People's Power, received Doctor Serguei Naryshkin, president of the Russian State Duma.

The five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters, who were held in US prisons for over 16 years, are visiting Venezuela, where they were granted the keys to that sister Latin American city.

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Russia on Tuesday at the invitation of Russian Head of State Vladimir Putin to participate at celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism.