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'Please allow me to introduce myself' - Rolling Stones 1st-ever gig in Cuba

Business Line

USA-Cuba: the winds of change

In the wake of President Barack Obama's historic visit to Cuba, Business Line looks at the changes taking place there - including the economy, tourism and technology.

Cuba

Cuba's rich heritage makes change a complicated question

World

Foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla spells out Cuba's new revolution

Presidential candidates will certainly have to deal with a new and unprecedented situation in the relations between the United States and Cuba

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Cuba

Cuba: Europe's new market

French President Francois Hollande was, in May last year the first Western head of state to visit Cuba after the thaw in relations between the

France

Cuba and France sign deals and promise to deepen friendly ties

Cuban leader Raul Castro and France’s President Hollande have celebrated a successful start to the veteran Communist’s tour of France. He is the

World News

Ukraine retaliates to end free trade with Russia with own embargo

Following Russia’s ban on Ukrainian free trade in an escalation of Moscow’s squeezing of the barely-functioning economy, the Ukrainian parliament has

Russia

Russia to hit Ukraine with food embargo over new free trade deal with EU

Russia says a ban on Western food products will also apply to Ukraine from the start of next year when a free trade agreement comes into force

Russia

Kremlin gets tough on Turkish food imports

As the row over the Turkish downing of a Russian fighter jet continues Moscow has announced it is to tighten controls of agricultural imports from

Cuba

UN votes to condemn United States embargo on Cuba

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn the United States embargo on Cuba. It was the first vote on the resolution since the two

USA

Castro calls for end to US trade embargo

Cuban leader Raul Castro has used his address at the UN to call for the US trade embargo, in place for more than five decades, to be lifted. He also

Cuba

On the cusp of change, Cuba turns to the future with eye on the past

Ever since the recent rapprochement between Washington and Havana, Cubans have been looking ahead to what the future might hold. Many seem confident

Austria

Now or never for Iran talks after deadline is extended

With nuclear talks extended to Friday, the question remains whether Iran and six world powers can thrash out a deal by the new deadline or call it a

World News

Communist Cuba can't wait to end US embargo squeeze

Young Cubans last December [2014] greeted the leap in relations between their island and the United States with joy. Diplomatic relations were to be

USA

Cuban officials due in Washington for historic visit

A month after a US delegation visited Havana, Cuban officials are due in Washington for an historic visit

Cuba

Landmark talks between US and Cuba underway in Havana

Half a century of hostilities have been put aside as US and Cuban officials sat down for talks.

Cuba

Debate over how far the US and Cuba should go in warming relations

With the first step taken by Cuba and the US in rolling back decades of mistrust and animosity, the big question is how far will they go? The Cuban

Cuba

Cubans in Havana and Miami react to new US-Cuba relationship

In the Cuban capital Havana, there were celebrations at the news of the thaw in relations with the US. If Obama succeeds in getting Congress to drop

Cuba

New era for US-Cuba relations after 18 months of secret talks

The US and Cuba announce talks aimed at restoring full diplomatic relations after five decades of hostility

Cuba

A brief history of US-Cuba relations

The US and Cuba have had no diplomatic relations since 1961, but the breakdown of relations came steadily after the revolution in 1959 which brought