Some 502 thousand 400 Cubans have thus far joined self employment with 31 percent of the figure being young people and 30 percent women.

The French Bank Credit Agricole agreed on Tuesday to Pay US authorities over one billion dollars to settle a dispute for its alleged violations of US sanctions against Cuba, Sudan and Iran.

The Russian government will grant a 1.2 billion Euro credit line to build energy-generation blocks in two power plants.

Cuban Foreign Minister (FM) Bruno Rodriguez met at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry with Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States, who is on a working visit to Cuba.

A group of business people from the US State of Ohio are in Cuba looking for opportunities to foster bilateral trade in the event that the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba is lifted.

Ohio State entrepreneurs explore in this capital the business opportunities that exist in Cuba to encourage bilateral trade, especially for a possible future scenario of no blockade against the island.

Research aimed at obtaining new varieties of tobacco are hindered by the restrictions imposed by the US towards Cuba for over half a century.

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca analyzes on Thursday bilateral relations with Lebanese Foreign Minister (FM) Gebran Bassil, after arriving in Beirut heading a business delegation, Prensa Latina reported.

With the aim of showing Cuba as a safe and attractive destination for business, the 33rd edition of Havana's International Trade Fair, FIHAV 2015, will be held on November 2-7, which promises to be the largest in the last 10 years.

Tobacco growers in the Vuelta Abajo region, in western Pinar del Rio, have begun the planting season of the famous Cuban product.

The ministers of trade of Cuba and the United States, Rodrigo Malmierca and Penny Pritzker, expressed on Wednesday their interest in moving towards identifying ways that make it possible to boost bilateral exchanges, limited by the persistence of the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the island.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, who is on an official visit to Cuba, toured the facilities of the Mariel Special Development Zone and port, as part of the process towards the normalization of relations between Cuba and the northern nation.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will arrive in this capital on Tuesday for a two-day official visit, as part of the process towards the normalization of relations between Cuba and the northern nation.

The arrival on Friday morning by the Silver Sea Explorer in the South Central Cienfuegos bay opens the 2015-2016 cruise ship season in central Cuba.