Foreign Investment projects targeting retail and wholesale domestic trade in Cuba show slight advancement, according to information released Tuesday by the Cuban Parliament’s working commissions.

 Havana will host the 22nd International Wine Festival, to be held at Hotel Nacional de Cuba on October 4 to 6 this year.

La Moneda Cubana, from Old Havana, which is ranked among the 100 best local development projects ( LDP) in the world, will participate in the Second Local Development Fair, to be held at the Expocuba fairgrounds in Havana, from July 11 to 16.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said in this tourist center that it is important to be on the development of tourism to keep improving the living conditions of the Cuban people since tourism is a source of revenues needed by the country to enhance social programs.

The 39th Congress of the Federation of Congress Organizing Entities of Latin America (COCAL) will finish today after a busy agenda focused on the prospects and sustainability of the meeting industry.

 Cuban Agriculture Minister Ydael Perez Brito addressed the 43rd Session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) underway in Rome Italy.

A delegation from Cuba's iron and steel industry concluded today a working visit to Belarus, where important actions for industrial cooperation were agreed upon.

The Extra Aged Rum of the Isla Grande brand "100 Years Bodega Don Pancho" and the perfume "Soy Santiaguero", by Suchel Fragancias, with the collaboration of the Cuba Ron S.A. Corporation, were presented today in this eastern province, as part of the activities of the 18th International Fair ExpoCaribe 2023.

Representatives of different economic areas in Eastern Cuban provinces presented the business opportunities and potential for trade and investment during the ongoing ExpoCaribe International Trade Fair.

Cuba’s Economy and Planning Ministry approved another 100 applications to set up new micro, small and medium companies—99 private businesses and one state-run enterprise.

The heavy rains reported this month in the eastern provinces of Cuba caused damage to 20,012 hectares (ha) of several crops, as well as the death of 159 head of cattle and 126 sheep-goats, the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) reported.

Cuba’s Economy and Planning Ministry (MEP) approved the applications of 112 new companies, with 110 of them being micro, small and medium private and state companies.

The willingness to strengthen commercial and financial ties between Cuba and Iran became manifest today in this city during a Business Forum held by businesspeople from both countries and attended by Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Cuban Economy and Planning Ministry (MEP) approved the applications of 259 new businesses—255 private and 4 state-run micro, small and medium companies.