Havana - With the opening ceremony of the 1st International Congress, CIDERS 2016, begins today the working sessions of the First International Convention on Science, Technology and Innovation, at the Conference Center in Havana.

Cuban government vice-president and Economy minister Ricardo Cabrisas and visiting French State Secretary Matthias Fekl held talks Thursday in Havana and reaffirmed the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Havana - The 34th Havana International Fair, FIHAV 2016, has begun today here in the presence of about 4,500 exhibitors from 75 countries and representatives of 50 Chambers of Commerce.

Mexico - Mexico expects today that the economic, financial and commercial blockade on Cuba will soon be lifted, according to a statement from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE).

Havana - Cuba has been declared this week the only country in the world to achieve sustainable development, according to a report that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) publishes every two year.

For his outstanding work in favor of the strengthening of relations between Cuba and France, Jean Pierre Bel, special envoy of the President of that European nation for Latin America and the Caribbean, was presented on Tuesday with the Friendship Medal.