The Rector of the Moscow State Technical University of Automobiles and Road Construction, Guennadi Kustarev, and the Counselor of the Cuban Embassy to the Russian Federation, PhD Gustavo Cobreiro, exchanged views on the possibilities of cooperation and exchange in different specialties between the two educational institutions.

As an act of war disguised as an act of law under the Helms-Burton law, a Cuban expert described the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba, when he addressed the 2019 International Congress Abogacia 2019.

Representatives from Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico and another dozen countries will attend the 10th International Meeting of Information and Communication Researchers and Experts (ICOM 2019).

The rector of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBiP) informed Cuban ambassador Natacha Diaz on the interest of that institution to participate with a representation of academics in the 12th International Congress of Higher Education "University 2020".

Alpidio Alonso, Cuban Minister of Culture, held a meeting at UNESCO headquarters today with Audrey Azoulay, Director General of that entity, who positively valued Cuba's work in the areas of education, science and culture.

The traditional Japanese Kabuki theater is in Havana for the first time, as part of the celebrations for the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Cuba, as well as the 500th birthday of the Cuban capital.

With the slogan "For an Inclusive School", the Second Middle School International Workshop, attended by teachers, researchers, specialists and directors, will be held from today at the Convention Center in Havana.

Kazakhstan's national circus invited the National Circus of Cuba to attend the International Circus Art Festival "Echoes of Eurasia 2019", as well as to foster the exchange of artists, professors and academics and joint tours, Prensa Latina reported.

Cuba's film week in the Republic of Serbia kicked off today in Belgrade, the capital, with the exhibition of the film Lucia, one of the icons of Cuban cinematography, directed by filmmaker Humberto Solas in 1968.

Celebration is the title of the unique concert that the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) will offer on November 22 at 8 p.m. in Havana Cathedral dedicated to Havana on its 500th anniversary.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez attended the Havana 500th anniversary gala, which took place on the esplanade of the Capitol.

Nearly 300 professionals from Japan, Peru, Mexico and Cuba confirmed their attendance to the 10th Congress on Scientific-Technical Information and Informatics in Construction (CICONS 2019), from November 26 to 28 at the Havana Convention Center.

Cuban Minister of Culture Alpidio Alonso thanked Cubans living in France for their commitment to fostering the traditions and national identity of this Caribbean country in the world during a meeting at the diplomatic mission in Paris.

Spanish monarchs Philip VI and Letizia attended today the opening of the exhibition of the most iconic self-portrait of Iberian painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), dating from 1815, at the Universal Art Building of the National Fine Arts Museum (MNBA), as part of their first official visit to Cuba.