The 23rd International Meeting of Ballet Academies begins today at the Fernando Alonso School in Havana city, with the presence of specialists from a dozen countries.

Given the need for teachers to guarantee educational coverage in the province of Sancti Spíritus, the Education Department of this central territory will open new pedagogical specialties for the next school year.

A contest with works sent from all continents will start tonight, in this city, at the VII International Videoarte Festival of Camagüey (Fivac), unique forum of its kind in Cuba.

English-Spanish-and French-speaking authors will again gather at the Guadaloupe Fifth Caribbean Writers Congress April 5-8, which will be dedicated this year to Saint Lucia´s Nobel Laureate Sir Derek Walcott.

A new version of the well-known Bodeguita del Medio in Havana is being built in the historic center of this city on the occasion of the International Tourism Fair that will take place next May in the province of Holguin.

The World Association of Chefs Societies (WorldChefs) declared Cuban cuisine an Intangible Heritage at world level by having safeguarded the identity and continuity of a cuisine with deep national roots and contributed to promote respect for cultural diversity and human creativity.

The ambassador for the Republic of Surinam in Cuba Ike Desmond Antonius thanked, on Friday at the Fine Arts Museum in Havana, the leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro during a political-cultural gala for the 38th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both countries.

The Sancti Spíritus Provincial Directorate of Education (DPE by its Spanish acronym) consolidates strategies in the preparation of twelfth graders for college entrance exams, with little more than a month left for these tests.

A full-time teacher, with high responsibility for the education of the new generations, in the formation of values and the development of the country, is the premise of Enrique José Varona, the University of Pedagogical Sciences Enrique José Varona, considered the alma mater of that branch in Cuba.

With several courses for the private sector, the National Association of Cuban Economists and Accountants (ANEC by its Spanish acronym) of this province contributes to the training of private workers.

The University of Oriente (UO) holds meetings with leaders of the province of Santiago de Cuba, the main decision makers, in order to apply the results of research and scientific projects of great impact on the economy and the society.

Bonaire will be the main guest of the 37th Caribbean Festival or Fire Feast, to be hosted by eastern Santiago de Cuba city, its annual venue.

From the 15th to the 21st of April the tranquility of Gibara will disappear when its many streets and beaches will be covered by tourists with cameras dangling from their necks, hats and caps, probably because in that town of Holguín the wind never ceases.

The Second Meeting of experts on cultural landscapes: Strategies of Identification and Safeguard will be held in this city from April 11 to 14, in the context of the 20th anniversary of the Conservator's Office of Santiago de Cuba.