The Cuban Embassy mourns the passing of our friend Maximilian Reiss, founder of the Cuban Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna
Vienna, June 30, 2026—The Cuban Embassy in Austria expresses its deep sorrow at the passing of our dear friend Maximilian Reiss, a distinguished Austrian collector who dedicated his life to promoting Cuban art in Europe. Reiss was the founder and director of the Cuban Museum of Fine Arts, the first museum of Cuban art in Europe, which opened in 2010 in the former headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in Vienna—a space that became the first museum exclusively dedicated to Cuban art outside the island.
Jazz and Cuban Culture Come Together on a Viennese Summer Afternoon
Vienna, June 27, 2026 – Siebensternplatz, the heart of Vienna’s vibrant 7th district, became the setting for an afternoon that brought together jazz, Cuban culture, and brotherhood among peoples, as part of the Summer Festival in Vienna’s Siebensternviertel.
“Cuba Sí”: 100 Years with Fidel
Vienna, June 26, 2026 – The Austria-Cuba Friendship Association (ÖKG) has published the June issue of its magazine “Cuba Sí,” dedicated to the start of the commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro and Army General Raúl Castro Ruz. The publication, a monthly print magazine, has established itself as the most objective source for understanding the reality of Cuba and the solidarity initiatives taking place in Austria.
G77+China Rejects the Imposition of Unilateral Coercive Measures Against Developing Countries at UNIDO
Vienna, June 23, 2026. During the opening of the 42nd session of the Program and Budget Committee of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), taking place in Vienna, the Group of 77 plus China expressed its opposition to the application of unilateral coercive measures against developing countries, arguing that such practices violate international law, hinder the industrial and economic progress of nations in the Global South, and negatively impact multilateral cooperation.
Croatian Socialist Workers' Party (SRP) Denounces U.S. Economic Genocide Against Cuba and Demands the Immediate Lifting of the Embargo
Zagreb, June 22, 2026 - The Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia (SRP) issued a statement of solidarity with Cuba in which it condemns the economic war that the United States has waged against the island for more than six decades, calling it “open economic genocide” and warning that the intensification of the blockade under the Trump administration seeks to drive the Cuban people into hunger and despair.