Seoul, May 28 (RHC) –- In line with the current Cuban government efforts to attract more overseas financing, the island’s deputy trade minister recently arrived in the South Korean capital, Seoul to attend an investment fair.... More


UAE Signs Airline Deal with Cuba

Dubai, May 28 (RHC) -– The United Arab Emirates has signed an ‘open skies’ agreement with Cuba, media outlets in Dubai report.... More


Renowned Cuban ballet dancer, Carlos Acosta, will retire from classical dance with a new production of Carmen which the Royal Ballet is set to premiere in September, 2015.... More


Bogotá, May 26 (RHC) – President Juan Manuel Santos and ultra-conservative Oscar Zuluaga will compete in a run-off vote following Colombia's presidential election Sunday, with peace talks with FARC rebels in Havana as the central issue.... More


Sport News Roundup May 26

Cuba defeated Dominican Republic in 4 sets (25-14, 20-25, 25-17, 25-14) of an anticipated battle at the NORCECA Men's World Championship Qualification Tournament Pool P on Friday, the penultimate day of actions.... More


Moscow, May 26 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed Moscow's readiness to have dialog with Ukraine’s newly-elected president, Petro Poroshenko. The top Russian diplomat, however, warned Kiev that pursuing its military operations against pro-Moscow protesters in the country’s eastern regions was a “colossal mistake.”... More


Tehran, May 26 (RHC) – The Iran-Ecuador parliamentary friendship group presided by Hamid Reza Fouladgar left Tehran for Quito Monday morning.... More


New Delhi, May 26 (RHC)-- At least 40 people have been killed when an express train crashed into a parked freight train in north India. According to authorities, the express passenger train was traveling at high speed and slammed into the cargo train sitting on the tracks near a railway station in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.... More


Mexico, May 26 (RHC) -- A Mexican business delegation arrived today in Cuba led by the Mexican government's Economy Secretary Idelfonso Guajardo and comprised of almost 60 businesspeople, interested in exploring trade and investment opportunities.... More


Johannesburg, May 26 (RHC)-- Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa paid a visit on Sunday to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, with other members of the Cuban delegation on official visit to South Africa.... More


St Petersburg, May 26 (RHC) -– Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the signing of two cooperation agreements between Russian Rosneft and Zarubezhnetf oil corporations and Cuban Cupet oil company, in the framework of the International Economic Forum of Saint Petersburg, that took place over the weekend in that Russian city.... More


Havana, May 26 (RHC) -- Experts and health professionals from several countries are attending today the opening session for the 3rd International Conference on Infectious Diseases, which will be held in Havana until Wednesday, May 28th.... More


Geneva, May 26 (RHC-PL) -- Angola's Minister of Health Jose Van-Dunem described as a 'complete injustice' the U.S. State Department's decision to include Cuba on its annual list of state sponsors of terrorism.... More


Camaguey, May 26 (RHC) –- Africa Day was celebrated over the weekend by students of that continent who are here in Cuba on scholarships granted by the Cuban government.... More


A gala by the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Guido López-Gavilán, closed the 28th International Cubadisco 2014 Festival at Havana’s National Theater.... More


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