Cuba

Fuel shortages have forced Cuba to cancel Workers' May Day parade, a longstanding tradition; normally hundreds of thousands of people would be bussed in from all over the island nation and flood into Revolution Square

The Cuban men's handball team has won its ticket to the semi-finals of the World Championship of Emerging Countries, which in its fourth edition will be hosted by Varna, Bulgaria

On the occasion of the International Day of Monuments and Sites, the National Awards for the Restoration and Conservation of Monuments corresponding to 2023 were presented at the Fidel Castro Ruz Centre in Havana

With aim of celebrating World Health Day falling on 7 April, today in Havana there will be a day dedicated to encouraging physical exercise, promoting healthy lifestyles, and combating sedentariness, overweight and obesity

Cuban professionals discussed the sugar agro-industry and the impact of climate change in a seminar at the National Sugar Training Centre

The Las Tunas Book Fair has come to an end and closed with the presentation of the Little Prince National Prize for Children's Literature 2022

The Union of Cuban Journalists of Villa Clara announced the winner of the 'Roberto González Quesada' provincial prize, unanimously awarded by the jury to Abel Falcón Curí, journalist, anchor and programme director of the radio station CMHW

After three years of interruption due to the coronavirus, Delta Airlines announced that it will resume operations with Havana on 10 April

In order to raise the quality of public health, the Centre for Medical Biophysics plans a new version of Imagis 2.0, a software created 25 years ago to access Imaging services from any area of the clinics

The building of the new oxygen plant for Cuba's eastern region is currently 33% complete and works are steadily proceeding

Scientists from various research centres in the biopharmaceutical industry, including the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and the Pedro Kourí Institute, are working rapidly on the creation of a Cuban dengue vaccine

In the first 13 days of the year alone, US authorities repatriated 1.115 irregular migrants in actions that are part of the bilateral immigration agreements established by Cuba

At least 20.000 visas a year will be issued to Cubans by the US Embassy in Havana, reopening visa and consular services for the first time since 2017; priority will be granted on permits to reunite Cubans with family in the US