Dr. Niurka Molina, head of International Health Control Department of the Public Health Ministry (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym), said in Havana that Cuba adopted measures to prevent the introduction of Ebola virus in the country.

The United Nations development Program (UNDP) has strengthened its cooperation program with Cuba until 2018 in priority areas like agriculture, food safety and nutrition.

The Cuban Interest Section in Washington D.C. announced that it will continue to offer consular services despite the impact by the US blockade on its financial operations. Here is the full text of the statement by the Cuban office:

The Department of Studies on Ten-Syllable Verses of the University of Matanzas, has announced the 5th Colloquium "Day of the Spanish-American Decima (ten-syllable verses)" for September 28 and 29, as a tribute to the immaterial cultural heritage of the Cuban nation.

The 3rd International Convention on Engineering will take place in the Varadero Tourist Center of Matanzas province November 6 to 8.

The Maraguan Artistic Group of the University of Camaguey returned to the island with two prizes from its most recent presentations abroad, in two cities of Algeria, where it took part in festivals as the only representatives of Cuba and Latin America.

Cuba asked United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon to publish as official documents the denunciation against the most recent subversive US actions against the island.

Cuba reported five thousand car accidents in the first half of 2014, and although the number of these events decreased by 109 if compared to similar period in 2013, experts said the decrease is insignificant and described the issue as an epidemic.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 15 (acn) In an effort to improve and maintain higher education quality with full professors of experience, the Cuban Council of Ministers agreed that retired professors may returned to their classrooms with the same salaries they had as active workers plus their current pension.

"Happy birthday to the greatest. I love you and I hope you can celebrate another 100 years of life for the joy of people," said Diego Armando Maradona on Wednesday on his page in Facebook, in his message to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 14 (acn) Ramon Labañino, one of the Cuban anti-terrorists still held in US prisons, sent Fidel Castro a happy birthday message on behalf of his four compatriots, all known as the Cuban Five.

Representatives of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces guerrilla organization, FARC-EP, continue peace talks in Havana to find a political solution to the social and armed conflict that has prevailed in Colombia over the past half a century.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in Caracas that Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro is a giant of the 20th and 21st centuries and that he fully illuminates the future.

The United Nations Cuban Association (ACNU) condemned on Tuesday the subversive plans organized and financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) against Cuba.

The director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto zevedo, arrived in Havana on Tuesday afternoon as part of a tour that also includes Mexico and El Salvador.