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May 4th

US Senate panel urges overhaul of broadcasts to Cuba

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US government-backed radio and television broadcasts into Cuba reach a tiny audience there and suffer from poor editorial standards, a US Senate Committee said in a scathing report released Monday. Read More

Cuba attracts Russian visitors with sun, nostalgia

HAVANA (AFP) – Cuba hopes to attract some 45,000 Russian tourists this year, officials said Monday, targeting nostalgia for the Caribbean island's long-running alliance with the former superpower.<br /> Read More

May 3rd

Brits are confused about travel insurance, can't obtain the definitive list of providers

British travelers arriving in Cuba on Saturday (May 1) and thereafter will be required to carry travel insurance, &quot;but confusion reigns over exactly which policies are valid,&quot; the newspaper The Guardian says.<br /> Read More

Chávez says that Cuba helps Venezuela defend itself from U.S., Colombian malice

President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela acknowledged Cuba's contribution to the security of his country and blamed Colombia and the United States for much of Venezuela's problems. Read More

Some Cuban Barbers Unhappy With Their New Cut

Josefina Hernandez cuts a customer's hair. Cuba has begun turning over some state-run barber shops and hair salons to the employees who work in them, a pilot program that marks a loosening of the government's strict controls on the retail sector.<br /> Read More

Russians visit Cuba more often — authorities

According to the department, in January-March 2010 more than 13,200 Russians visited the island Read More

Awarded in Spain a script of the Cuban filmmaker Pavel Giroud

Havana, (PL). The Cuban filmmaker Pavel Giroud won the Julio Alejandro award of scripts, given by the Sociedad General de Autores de España (General Society of Authors of Spain, SGAE after its initials in Spanish), at the recently ended Malaga Festival.<br /> Read More

A conference on Old Havana Conservation lectured

Bárbara Montalvo, Cuban charge d'affaire, gave a conference on the management model of heritage preservation in Old Havana, in the presence of the Spanish Teacher Association from the Czech republic. Read More

Ultrasonic Device for Joints’ Pain Relief

Millions of people suffering from arthritis or other chronic pain in the joints have few daily application therapies available for these kinds of patients, and many involve taking powerful medications that can be dangerous over time.<br /> Read More

Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament to Be Held at Riviera Hotel

The Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place June 9th through the 22nd at Havana’s Riviera Hotel, national chess commissioner Osvaldo Díaz told Juventud Rebelde. Read More