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.

The President of the French Republic, François Hollande, will arrive in Cuba on Sunday, May 10, on an official visit, according to a note published by the Granma newspaper.

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.