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Advisory Minister of Cuban embassy to France Leyde Rodriguez was in charge of two interventions during the third International Encounter on Nuclear Biological and Chemical Disarmament, to conclude Sunday in Saintes, Poitou-Charentes.

The Cuban child theater company "La Colmenita" ended its tour of Turkey with sound success among the public.

The Dutch Grand Master (GM) and European champion, Sergei Tiviakov, is one of the favorite players in the Elite Group of the chess Tournament José Raúl Capablanca In Memoriam, underway in Havana.

Spanish media outlets are denouncing new actions undertaken by the United States to obstruct the improvement of relations between Cuba and Europe.

The theater company La Colmenita finished their participation on the fourth edition of the International Festival of Children’s Theater in this capital city, even though their tour around the country lasted until May 4.

Maestro Fernando Alonso, one of the most relevant figures in the history of Cuban ballet, received on Wednesday the Benois Dance Prize at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, for his artistic career.

Economic and trade relations between Cuba and Belarus are increasing, said on Tuesday the Byelorussian ambassador in Havana, Igar I. Paluyan.

The Portuguese tour operator TerraCuba signed agreements with the Caribbean Island to operate tourist trips to Cuba in conjunction with the company HAVANATUR.

The World Organization of Industrial Property (WOIP) recognized Cuba’s Environmental Stamp in March of this year subsequent to an application by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA). With this acknowledgement, the island has made another vital step toward gaining preference for its products in increasingly competitive international trade.

Alicia Alonso still maintains her graceful way of talking and the elegant movement of her hands and head. Sixty years as director of the Cuban National Ballet Company, to be marked in October, have perhaps made her body less flexible, but her enthusiasm for ballet -the art discipline through which she best expresses herself- remains the same.

He will hold official meetings with ministers Ibero-American Secretary-General Enrique Iglesias is visiting Cuba to participate in the 28th FITCUBA 2008 International Tourism Fair.

The 10th Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba in Spain is discussing Saturday several aspects of the work carried by that movement, comprised of over one hundred groups in this country.

A possibility that the European Union (EU) Council analyzes in June the continuing of sanctions on Cuba it imposed in 2003 has Washington on its toes. In remarks on "Rebelion" website entitled "The European tour of Bush consul to Cuba," the daily states such sanctions are a result of conniving betwen former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar and current US President George W. Bush.

Musicians from eastern Cuba and craftsmen from the National Cultural Assets Fund have been successfully participating at the Besancon International Fair in northeastern France, taking place April 26-May 4.

Cuba has a new political leader but the Buena Vista Social Club lives on, thanks to 12 brilliant musicians, including four from the group made famous in the Wim Wenders' documentary featuring American guitarist Ry Cooder as he delved into Havana's pre-Castro musical past.