China overcomes Cuba to win Beilun Cup women's volleyball invitational

China wrapped up its Beilun Cup four-nation women's volleyball tournament campaign on Friday with a five-set victory over Cuba. Read More

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US NBC news show to broadcast from Cuba

The US NBC television network said Thursday it got Havana's permission after 18 months of talks to broadcast its popular "Today" news morning show from Cuba. Read More

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Tropical storm 'Barry' forms in Gulf

South Florida could see some much-needed rain Read More

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Raúl Castro receives Vietnamese Leader

Cuba's First Vice President Raúl Castro received the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nong Duc Manh, at the Council of Ministers headquarters in Havana on Friday. Read More

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Cuba vs. Russia in World Volleyball League

Cuba will face Russia today in the first leg of two matches of the qualifying group of the World Volleyball League taking place at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana. After defeating Egypt last week with scoreboards marking 3-1 and 3-0, the Cuban men team will be facing a much stronger team on Friday, as the Russians finished in seventh place in the World Championship in Japan. Read More

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Western Cuba on heavy rain alert

Cuba's most western province, Pinar del Rio, is on alert Friday due to heavy rains associated with a tropical depression in the northwest part of the western Caribbean Sea. Read More

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Cuban specialists learn rice growing techniques in Japan

A group of Cuban specialists are in Japan to learn modern rice-growing techniques which will be later implemented in the island. These techniques focus in the increase of yields in small parcels, reports Periodico 26 Online. Read More

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The cuban radio efficiently present in the Internet

The Second National Meeting of the Cuban Radio in the Internet was held in the beautiful city of Cienfuegos, some 250 kilometres south of Havana, where representatives of 49 websites of the Radio network considered the effectiveness of the multimedia concerning the Cuban reality in the World Wide Web. Read More

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Womens voluntary military service under debate

In the native land of mambí[1] captain Adela Azcuy, who saw combat 49 times, the first Young Communist League (UJC) municipal assembly heard several young womens' views on joining Military Service on a volunteer basis Read More

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Qualifying from villa to patrimonial city

In 1819, a handful of French colonists headed by Don Louis D'Clouet founded the Fernandina de Jagua Villa, located some 250 km southeast Havana. Over the years, the place turned into a prosperous city currently known as Cienfuegos City. Read More

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