As Daylight Saving or Summer Time begins in Cuba on Sunday, local electricity authorities say that the energy generation can perfectly cope with the power demand for the period of time, marked by high temperatures on the island.

France´s State Secretary for Foreign Trade, Tourism and the Diaspora, Matthias Fekl said in Havana that his country is interested in strengthening cooperation and commercial relations with Cuba.

Jardines del Rey destination, north of Ciego de Ávila, has the best winter season since opening to marketing more than two decades ago, with record number of visitors and flight arrivals.

Covarrubias tourism development area, on the north coast of the province of Las Tunas, was connected to the national power grid as part of the investment program to increase growth prospects in the enclave.

Cuba´s International Agriculture and Ranching Fair (Fiagrop-2015), running March 14-22 will present the island´s opportunities to foreign investors in areas related to meat production, industrial processing and commercialization.

The Havana Cigar of the Year Prize in the sphere of communication was given to U.S. publicist Gary Heathcott, who praised on Saturday the efforts of Cubans and expressed his hope in the resumption of relations between Havana and Washington.

Representatives of the main agricultural organization of the United States explore, in Cuba, the opportunities the Caribbean nation offers in agribusiness, with the purpose of establishing bilateral commercial exchanges, limited for over 50 years now due to the U.S. blockade.

Those attending the 17th Habano Festival competed in the second version of the international competition to determine the smoker to achieve the longest ash.

Havana’s International Festival of Habano Cigars closes doors today after presenting awards and with a special dedication to the emblematic Montecristo cigar brand, founded in 1935.

Cuba will be present at the International Tourism Fair ITB 2015, in Berlin, Germany, from March 4 through March 8, in order to establish a position of the Cuban tourist product in that European market.

Amid growing international interest in Cuba as a tourist destination, the Canadian company Blue Diamond confirms its intention to extend operations in the archipelago, where it already manages 12 hotels and nearly seven thousand rooms.

International sales of Cuban cigars in the emerging markets of Asia -Pacific reported significant increases in 2014, managers of the industry told at the opening of the 17th Habano International Festival.

Participants in the 17th Habano International Festival will visit today the tobacco plantations in the province of Pinar del Rio, where they will meet the work of men and women linked to that activity.

The 17th Habano Cigar Festival opens its doors on Monday to over one thousand visitors from 80 countries, who are interested in the development of the Cuban economic sector and in wide array of activities related to the best cigars of the world.