Starting from March 9 and until March 13, Cuba will be present at the International Tourism Fair, ITB 2016, in Berlin, Germany, in order to position Cuba's tourism product in the European market.

As a space for exchanges of best practices among Cuban academicians, business persons and non-state actors, the Second International Conference on Economic Management and Development, scheduled for May 16-19, will be held at the capital's Convention Center.

The Northern Indian Church of Protestant denomination with over 1.5 million followers condemned on Friday the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba.

Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice-president of the Council of Ministers, held a working meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Rudolf Scholten, director general of the Bank of Austrian Control, with whom he made a comprehensive analysis of the current situation and prospects of the economic, commercial and financial relations between the two countries, considering the results of the Cuba-Austria Business Forum held in the morning of that same day.

Delegates to the 18th Habanos Festival knew applications of science and technology in the Cuban tobacco production to combat climate effects affecting agriculture.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago intends to expand and diversify business in Cuba, after considering as successful the recent contacts of Cuban businessmen with those of these Caribbean islands, Prensa Latina reported.

With an updated business portfolio in its tourism sector, Cuba will attend the 27th edition of the International Tourism Fair (BTL 2016), in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 2-6.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed a fine on the U.S. company Halliburton for violating regulations of the blockade against Cuba, informed on Saturday the Cuban Foreign Ministry on its cubaminrex.cu Web site.

The director general of the United States Department of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, said on Friday that the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba continues to be applied rigorously, Prensa Latina reported.

Andrew Robb, Australia’s special envoy for Trade, expressed in this capital on Wednesday the growing interest of his country to participate in the development of key sectors of Cuban economy through investment.

Russia is the guest country to the 2nd International Fair and Convention of the Cuban Industry, running June 20 to 25 in Havana.

Cuba and China signed on Monday in this capital new credit agreements that will allow the Caribbean nation to purchase inputs and machinery from the Asian nation to support the development of food and agriculture and railroad programs.

The United States Department of the Treasury imposed a fine on Monday on the French oil group CGG Services S.A. for violations of the regulations of the blockade against Cuba.

Cuba will add 800 megawatts to the output of its national power system between 2022 and 2024 following the granting by Russia of a 1.2 billion Euros.