Singapore is also known as the city in the garden. Planting trees has been closely linked to the history of the Asian island-state. The locals say that the nation's founder, Lee Kuan Yew, made a priority of promoting parks and gardens, especially on the avenue leading from the airport to the government headquarters, as a display of discipline, industriousness and cleanliness.
Cuba to publish new national atlas
Habana, Aug 27 (ACN) Cuba will publish a new National Atlas with a cartographic work appropriate to current conditions, being the first of its kind fully created by experts in the country.
Cuba with fruitful presence in Beijing Book Fair (+Photos)
Cuba closed its participation in the 26th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) with important negotiations and contacts that will expand the distribution of its literature in China and other parts of the world.
TIME magazine includes Cuban Art Factory in the list of 100 World´s Greatest Places
The Fabrica de Arte (Cuban Art Factory and FAC by its Spanish acronym) was included in the 2019 TIME magazine list of the 100 World´s Greatest Places, an annual guide that praises innovation and originality of extraordinary destinations that offer visitors a unique experience.
Acosta Danza announces tour of Spain
The Spanish cities Perelada, Santander and Almansa will host this month the performances of the Cuban company Acosta Danza, directed by the first dancer Carlos Acosta.
Cuba: More than eight thousand teachers will return to the classrooms
More than eight thousand teachers will return to the classrooms after the government's decision to increase salaries in the sector, informed Ena Elsa Velázquez Cobiella, Minister of Education, when she began the check-up of preparations for the next academic year in Pinar del Río.
Cultural Gala in Bayamo Thursday evening to mark July 26th celebrations
A cultural gala entitled "From the Moncada Barracks to the Future" will be held this evening at the Bayamo Theater to mark National Rebellion Day.
ICAP President begins day of activities in India
The Hero of the Republic of Cuba and President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP), Fernando Gonzalez Llort, develops a program of activities in the Republic of India, leading the Cuban delegation that will attend the IX Regional Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, on July 26 and 27, in Nepal.
Diaz-Canel received actor Danny Glover
The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, received on Monday afternoon the actor and director Danny Glover, who visits Cuba to participate as a guest in the twentieth graduation of students of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM).
Coming soon... Growing in Hip Hop Festival
The VII edition of the National Festival Growing Up in Hip Hop, will be held in Havana, from three o'clock in the afternoon on the 18th and 19th of July, at the A + Adolescent Spaces Center of the Office of the Historian of the City.
Juan Rius Rivera Puerto Rican Solidarity Brigade to arrive In Cuba
This Monday, July 15, the 58 members of the 28th Puerto Rican brigade of solidarity with Cuba "Juan Rius Rivera," dedicated on this occasion to the centennial of Puerto Rican heroine Lolita Lebrón, will arrive in Cuba.
Fifteenth edition of the Gibara International Film Festival inaugurated
The renowned Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría, director of the Gibara International Film Festival (FIC), officially opened this Sunday night the XV edition of this event that will run until next Saturday in this coastal city, located about 30 kilometers from the capital of Holguín.
Díaz-Canel: Intellectuals and Artists Will Always Accompany the Revolution
Intellectuals and artists will always accompany the determination Cuba, which the Revolution put on the political map of the world, continues to be recognized also for its unique way of fighting, singing, dancing, laughing and winning, stressed Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, at the closing of the IX Congress of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).
Cuba legalizes independent movie making
New regulations for independent film and audiovisual creators were announced this Wednesday by Ramón Samada, president of the Cuban Institute of Film Art and Industry (ICAIC).
Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium open this Havana
The XVII Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium, dedicated to the 93rd and 90th anniversaries of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature's The Sun Also Rises and Farewell to Arms, respectively, will open its doors today in the International Hall of the capital's Iberostar Riviera Hotel.







