With the premise of contributing to knowledge and innovation, the 10th International Congress of Management and Public Administration, GESEMAP 2016, began on Tuesday and will run until June 30 at Havana's Convention Center.

Representatives of 28 companies belonging to the Free Trade Zone of the Dominican Republic, the largest mission organized by that country, explore business opportunities in Cuba seeking to strengthen bilateral economic ties.

The Cuban Council of Ministers, headed by President Raul Castro, analyzed the performance of Cuban economy in the first half of the year and its prospects for the rest of 2016. Such economic results will be submitted to the Cuban Parliament during its upcoming session next month.

Japan´s International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is actively supporting the implementation in Cuba of development projects in the areas of agriculture, energy, health and the environment.

Mogens Lykketoft, president of the seventieth period of sessions of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), highlighted today the example of Cuba in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by that body.

Cuba and Denmark signed an accord on Thursday to restructure their bilateral debt as part of a multilateral agreement reached by Cuba and its creditors at the Paris Club.

Cuban specialists will begin training in the assembly of electric cars over the next few years, said Industry Minister Salvador Pardo during a business round in Havana.

The first flight of Copa Airlines to the Cuban city of Holguin, about 774 kilometers east of Havana, took place from Panama City on Tuesday with some three and a half hours duration.

Cuba will sign a contract for the creation of a joint venture this year directed at the development of a golf complex in the province of Pinar del Rio that will be upon completion one of the largest in Latin America.

The current situation of the ongoing collaboration projects between Cuba and Russia aimed at increasing the industrial capacity of the Caribbean nation will be reviewed today during the second day of the International Convention of the Cuban Industry (Cubaindustria 2016) underway in Havana.

Nearly 300 local and foreign companies, from 28 countries, are participating at the Second International Convention and Fair of the Cuban Industry, which opens Monday in Havana.

The head of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) Maria Contreras-Sweet will pay a working visit to Cuba June 20-21.

The Cuban Schools for Hotel Services are leaders in the Caribbean for its contributions and professionalism, said on Wednesday in Mexico, Ramon Simon Ricardo, Educational Sub Director of the Professional Formation System for Tourism, (FORMATUR).

Havana Club International S.A. is promoting 6 new products aimed at diversifying its market with the introduction of spiritual beverages commercialized on the island.