The First Symposium of the Max Planck Society of Germany and Cuba, Frontiers of Science, will contribute to promoting reciprocal scientific knowledge, said Aurora Fernández González, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, at the opening of the meeting on Wednesday.

Ana Maria Mari Machado, Vice President of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), received at the Capitolio in Havana a delegation of veteran internationalists from the Russian Federation, headed by Vitaly Karpenko, President of the Friendship with Cuba Group.

Cuba is a benchmark in the phased reduction of ozone-depleting substances (ODS), said Carlos Andrés Hernández, representative of Latin America and the Caribbean of the UN Development Program (UNDP).

Despite not competing by these days, Cuban Arlenis Sierra climbed to the ninth seat in the road cycling world ranking, due to fluctuations in the top 10 positions.

Reynaldo Garcia Zapata, president of the government in Havana, reported that from the sale of construction materials and the work of various construction brigades, 101 homes have been completed out of 804 counted as total collapses. In March, more than 200 homes are expected to be completed.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuba´s President of the Councils of State and Ministers, described as absurd and illegal the Helms-Burton Act, which title III has been partially enforced as announced on Monday by the US Department of State.

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers Miguel Díaz-Canel said that Cuba can make a difference in tourism activity in the region, due to the attributes that it treasures as a country, not only because of the sun and the beaches, but also because of its history, culture, identity and citizen security, which differentiate it from the rest of the world.

The Ministry of Foreign Relations of Cuba issued a statement rejecting the announcement of the US State Department that will allow the filing of lawsuits before US courts under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act only against Cuban companies included in the List of Restricted Entities.

Cuba rejected an article published by Canadian broadcaster CBC News on the alleged presence of Cuban military in the Venezuelan army, which it described as tendentious and manipulative.

Cuban IM Carlos Daniel Albornoz achieved his second draw in the Accentus Young Masters 2019, which runs in the Swiss city of Bad Ragaz.

The latest survey on gender equality in Cuba showed that 88.7 percent of the Cuban population between the ages of 15 and 74 believe that laws that protect women are applied in the country.

The National Electoral Commission (CEN) announced in this capital the official results of the constitutional referendum of last February 24 in which 6,816,169 citizens gave their approval to the new constitution of the Republic of Cuba.

Cuba´s Council of Ministers, headed by its president Miguel Diaz-Canel, also president of the State Council, began a working visit in the province of Mayabeque to evaluate the implementation of government programs in that western territory.

Two bilateral agreements to strengthen economic and trade relations between Cuba and Turkey were signed today during the closing of the Business Committee between the two countries, which took place in this capital.

José Carlos Rodríguez Ruiz, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the International Organizations based in Rome, was received by Graciano Da Silva, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with whom he discussed various topics of interest.