The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to remove Cuba from its so-called grey list, an action expressing international trust in the Cuban banking system and acknowledgement to the island´s work against money laundering and terrorism financing.

Food production with ecological techniques and landscape values of Cuban countryside favor the spread of agricultural tourism in Las Tunas for the high season of international tourism, starting on November 1st.

A comprehensive project for the renovation of La Gran Piedra (The Great Stone) area is underway in that place on the outskirts of this city, belonging to Baconao Park, declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1987.

More than 160 Cuban companies will bring their products and services to the 32nd Havana International Trade Fair to take place November 2-8 at the Expocuba exhibit ground, in the outskirts of the city capital.

The Spanish creator Eulalia de Lucia presented her fashion brand at the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Havana.

The vice-president of Habanos S.A. international corporation, Jorge Luis Fernandez, said in Havana that if the US trade restrictions were lifted, Americas could make up the main market for Cuban Habano cigars.

The Royal Hicacos, number one among the 59 hotels in Varadero beach according to the TripAdvisor Web site, will operate, starting from December, under, Royalton, a brand designed for adults only, commercialized in Cuba by the Canadian company Blue Diamond.

Cuba and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea signed on Friday two agreements on commercial exchange and payments, at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX) in this capital.

Cuba and Vietnam reiterated their joint willingness to enhance bilateral cooperation in several fields and to consider possible joint investment projects in the field of ceramics.

Tobacco planting in western Pinar del Rio will use over 15 thousand 900 hectares of land for the 2014-2015 campaign, 115 hectares more than last year, when the local production was well below schedules particularly due to bad weather.

Over half the total number of homes built in the country this year, were raised on the own efforts of their owners, a growing trend in Cuba today, though the housing plan continues to be below schedules for the second consecutive year.

The domestic market was a key factor in the success during the summer for the Canadian company Blue Diamond, third largest hotel chain with presence in Cuba.

Housing construction by own efforts and rehabilitation of housing stock in the province of Cienfuegos were favored with increased marketing of building materials.