The Cuban Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday on a thwarted attempt to mount in Havana a provocation by anti-Cuba circles against the revolutionary government aimed at damaging the country´s international image and current diplomatic relations with other nations.

The 9th edition of the scientific event ExpoCiencia 2017 began today in this city, with the participation of more than 30 organizations and companies of this Cuban eastern city.

The 11th International Symposium on Challenges of Cities Management begins as part of the central program for the 20th anniversary of the Office of the Historian of Camagüey City (OHCC by its Spanish acronym).

Cuban President Raul Castro received this Tuesday afternoon a delegation of US Congress people led by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss) who are visiting Cuba.

The Bohorque-Hospital settlement, in Baracoa, Guantánamo, first of those destined to families whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew and cannot be rebuilt in the original place, is almost ready.

Traffic accidents in Havana decreased in 392 during 2016 when compared to the previous year, mainly due to the influence of actions carried out by the Provincial Road Safety Commission.

The Cuban Grain Research Institute (IIG by its Spanish acronym) and United Nations agencies work on several projects aimed at reducing the impact of drought on food security in Cuba.

From January 1st till February 17, 979 Cubans that were in other countries without proper migration status were returned to Cuba.

Cuban President Raul Castro received Sunday afternoon the Vice-President of the Standing Committee of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Artemisa´s Felix Nodarse was the leading protagonist yesterday of the Cuban National Road Cycling Tour by climbing to the podium in two intermediate sprints in addition to win the Santiago de Cuba-Bayamo stage, with time of 3.08:46 hours.

José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received on Thursday Tong Thi Phong, member of the Bureau Political of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (PCV) and vice-president of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, who leads a delegation that visits Cuba in response to an invitation from the Cuban parliament.

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, spoke about the deep historical ties that unite Cuba and his country, "two islanders in the same sea of struggle and hope."

Representatives of Cuba and Iran signed 12 documents of cooperation in socio-economic sectors, after the conclusion of the 6th session of the Intergovernmental Commission of both countries.

After meeting its plan in the current coffee crop, the Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba shows a sustained rise in production, with more than 1.5 million of cans collected.

The friendship ties between the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and Canadian President Pierre Trudeau was one of the debates of the 16th International Seminar on Canadian Studies underway in Havana.