Cuba

Cuba's cash-strapped government has announced that fuel prices will soar by more than 500 percent beginning Feb. 1, part of a series of economic measures aimed at reducing the deficit.

After the welcoming ceremony in front of the Palace of Serbia, a meeting between the president and the guest from Cuba followed.
Plenary discussions of the delegations of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Cuba were also held. After the signing of the bilateral agreements on cooperation, statements were made by the presidents of the two countries.

When Julio César Núñez was a child, he helped his grandmother make casabe from scratch, using artisanal tools - and an ancient cooking method - to turn grated yuca root into a thin, white, crispy flatbread.

Turkish textile companies seeking to widen their global outreach are exploring opportunities in Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

A delegation from the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter Association (İTKİB) recently paid visits to those countries to hold talks with high-level government officials.

Four cruise lines have been sentenced by a US judge to pay a total of nearly $450 million for having used a Havana port nationalized by the Cuban government in 1960.    

Since Cuba's Communist government put down protests in 2021, significant numbers of Cubans are on the move, many to the US, but some to the Balkans and, they hope, the EU.

A powerful explosion due to a suspected gas leak ripped through a luxury hotel in central Havana, killing at least 22 people on May 7, according to official tallies.

Cuba yesterday marked 60 years under a U.S. economic blockade that has deeply affected the communist nation's fortunes and shows no signs of being lifted.

Decreed by U.S. president John F. Kennedy on February 3, 1962, the embargo on all bilateral trade came into effect four days later.

Yet, mysteriously, there was no physical contact. By spring 2017 there were more than 80 alleged cases. Their medical diagnosis was akin to a "concussion without a concussion." Shortly after, more than two dozen personnel and family members attached to the Canadian Embassy in Havana began to report similar symptoms, but no noises. The "Havana Syndrome" was born.

A new spot for getting traditional Cuban eats opened on Sept. 25  in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul, offering customers the experience of being in Havana without ever going to Cuba.

The opening of La Bodeguita del Medio features a wide array of traditional Cuban dance and music performances along with, of course, Cuban food.