Cuba and Turkey expressed on Monday in Havana their interest in increasing bilateral trade currently not enough in face of the broad potential in sectors like industry, telecommunications, tourism and agriculture.

The First Trade Convention will is to debate economic development in Cuba starting from the improvement of new management models, said a representative of the organizing committee.

Some 210,000 tonnes of charcoal shipped Ciego de Ávila to Europe in just over a decade with the aim of improving the Cuban economy and increasing financial capacity for industrial plans and agriculture.

The Food Production Company (PRODAL), in this capital, has opened a modern sausage production plant, which makes possible to substitute imports and deliver a larger volume of food to the population.

Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba´s Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, reaffirmed that the economic, commercial and financial blockade, imposed by United States on Cuba, is one of the main obstacles for the normalization of relations between both countries.

Cuba's Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz toured on Tuesday the streets of Holguin to evaluate the construction process in that eastern city in preparation for the International Tourism Fair (FitCuba 2017).

The First Trade Convention will spark debate, exchange and dialog in the role of trade and services in the country's economic development starting from the updating of new management models for the sector.

JetBlue Airlines, first to begin regular flights to Cuba from the United States in 2016 has announced the opening of an office in Havana and British Virgin Atlantic Airlines started flying to Varadero Beach Resort.

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 12 (ACN) The Cuban Council of State passed the Decree Law 343 of 2016, published this Wednesday in the Official Gazette, that aims at curbing tax evasion after the sale or donation of real estate.

Cubanacan Hotel Chain in the province of Camaguey is promoting special offers for the summer due to an increase in its indicator of tourists/day, related with the permanence of the client in the installations during the winter season.

The fourth edition of the Business Fair will be held in Expocuba from May 10 to 25, which will allow all economic entities in the country to explore the potentialities of the domestic market, strengthen their relationships and diversify the offers.

Cuban Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero announced that, during the first quarter of the current year, the number of visitors has grown 14 percent compared to the same period in 2016.

Portugal's Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho, and the head of that sector in Cuba, Manuel Marrero, signed a protocol of cooperation agreement, which will boost work on key issues for the joint development of that industry.

The Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho praised on Thursday in Havana the island's policy of tourism development, considered vital for the country's economy.