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Cuba Nacional Ballet (BNC) director Alicia Alonso is expected in this capital Wednesday, to direct the famous ballet Giselle, an important piece from the Romanticism period closely linked to her artistic career.

For the ninth time, the US Interests Section has denied an entry visa to Olga Salanueva, the wife of Rene Gonzalez, one of the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters unfairly held in US prisons.

President Raul Castro on Friday presented a flag to the Cuban delegation to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in a ceremony at Havana"s Convention Center.

Cuba reiterated on Tuesday its rejection of the hegemonic policy carried out by successive US administrations against the Caribbean nation and their attempts to obstruct the independence of Latin American peoples.

The analysis of the state of bilateral relations and the implementation of bilateral agreements are the two main objectives of the 8th Cuba-Bulgaria Intergovernmental Session that began in Havana.

Pabellón Cuba will open its doors again to Arte en la Rampa Fair from July 5 to August 31 and as usual Artex, that is in full Campaign for its XX years of foundation, will participate in this fair with new proposals.

Cuban President Raul Castro pointed to the importance of planning, organizing and working hard in order to achieve efficiency. Raul specifically emphasized the urging need to put every acre of land to produce, pointing out that productive land helps to eliminate expensive food imports.

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro highlighted on Thursday his 50 years of sincere friendship with Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his wife Mercedes Barcha.

Sponsored by the Ibero American Organization of Youth, the Young Communist League and the Ibero American General Secretariat, the workshop is aimed at increasing knowledge, updating information, exchanging experiences and developing action strategies

New adjustments and restrictions need to be applied to the national economy for the second semester of 2008 and in 2009, said  Cuban Economy and Planning Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez. The measures are aimed at dealing with the impact of skyrocketing international prices for food and oil id that.

The 12 permanent working commissions of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), constituted with a provisional nature last May, are in session on Monday and Tuesday at Havana’s Convention Center.

Cuban President Raul Castro characterized the journalist congress as excellent during the last day of the forum which wound up at Havana´s International Convention Center.

The 47th anniversary of the death of writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was marked last July 2nd in a Havana town that was closely linked to the life and work of the world-famous US author.

The Cuban Union of Journalists (UPEC) is holding its 8th National Congress July 3-5 with the slogan “Learning, Reflecting and Informing”, which emphasizes three major concepts of Cuban journalistic practice.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry has confirmed information that the U.S. Interests Section in Havana is organizing other illegal activities and is instigating its mercenaries in Cuba to carry out provocative public actions around the date of July 4th, Independence Day in the United States.