The Cuban Banco Metropolitano will boost e-banking and other initiatives in order to improve services to the population, affected by the insufficient number of facilities it has in Havana city.

Havana´s Banco Metropolitano (Banmet) granted 1,174 loans to private businesses in 2016, a 29 percent increase compared to the previous year.

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will look for a common position in face of economic and migratory measures recently adopted by the US government.

The National Office of Tax Administration (ONAT) in the central Cuban province of Camaguey collected over 2 billion pesos from taxpayers in 2016, according to a report issued by the entity.

The Cuban company SOLINTEL (acronym for Comprehensive Solutions for Communications) will participate in the CeBIT, the largest and most internationally represented computer expo, in Hanover, Germany.

The Havana Club International company is investing in the expansion of its aged rum distillery located in the Cuban municipality of San Jose de las Lajas.

The President of the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics Alfredo Cordero said the US commercial flights to Cuba are behaving as expected.

Cuba will be present at the 28th Lisbon International Tourism Fair BTL 2017, to take place March 15-19, as Portugal continues to be an important market of Cuba tourism.

40 million dollars and 46 million Cuban pesos, as part of a credit agreed between Cuba and Saudi Arabia, will be used for the rehabilitation of important works for the over-100 years old system of aqueduct and sewerage of this city.

Air Europa will include a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, one of the newest planes in the world, to cover the Madrid-Havana route, announced in the Cuban Ministry of Tourism.

The 11th International Meeting of Labor Lawyers and Unions kicked off on Wednesday in Havana with debates centered on the world economic crisis and challenges of labor rights.

The Villa Clara sugar industry workers completed the first 150 000 tons corresponding to the 2016-2017 harvest, amount that was not reached on this date for many years.

In an effort to cut costly imports, the Cuban Industry Ministry is evaluating the approval of two foreign-investment projects in the manufacture of glass and aluminum containers in the Special Development Zone at the western Mariel Harbor.

The Cuban Food Industry expects to implement two foreign-investment projects in the Special Development Zone at the western Mariel Harbor, out of some 19 initiatives which are currently under consideration.