Cuban diplomats visit University of Ioannina in Greece
On February 16, the rector of the University of Ioannina Triantafylos Albanis, received in his office the Cuban ambassador to Greece Zelmys Maria Dominguez Cortina and the counselor José Oriol Marrero Martinez. He was accompanied by leaders of the Association of Administrative Staff of the University of Ioannina.
Cuba, third place in the world in population with an anti-Covid-19 dose
Havana, February 8, 2022.- Cuba today has 10,581,126 people with at least one dose of anti-Covid-19 vaccine, a figure that places the country in third place in the world in this indicator.
According to figures from this day from the statistics site of the British University of Oxford, Our World in Data, they only surpass the Caribbean nation, the United Arab Emirates and Portugal, while they are followed by Brazil, the United States, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Bangladesh. and Russia, in the top 10.
Cuban diplomats hold an exchange with authorities of the Greek University of the Mediterranean in Crete.
Crete, January 31. The Cuban ambassador to Greece Zelmys Maria Dominguez Cortina and the counselor José Oriol Marrero Martínez held a fruitful exchange with the Rector of the Greek University of the Mediterranean, Mr. Nikos Katcharakis, and with Vice Chancellors and officials from the Department of International Relations of that prestigious academic institution.
US blockade of Cuba began more than 60 years ago
Havana, February 3, 2022.- The United States blockade against Cuba was made official by President John F. Kennedy on February 3, 1962, but it is a policy that began much earlier, Ambassador Abelardo Moreno said Thursday.
President of Cuban Parliament receives visiting MEPs
Havana, February 1, 2022.- The president of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), Esteban Lazo, today received a delegation of European Parliament members and of the group La Izquierda, who have been visiting the Caribbean island since yesterday.
The meeting took place at the National Capitol (headquarters of the legislative body), which according to the German MEP Martin Schirdewan, heading the group, will allow deepening the political dialogue and strengthen the bilateral relationship of the legislative entities.
Schirdewan described as positive the opportunity to observe during these days the popular consultation on the Family Code, “a process that denies the Western narrative that in Cuba the voice of the people is not heard.”