Cuba news

Triple jumper Yargelis Savigne and sprinter Dayron Robles lead the Cuban athlete’s team that is leaving for traditional European preparation tour. Team prepare for the 13th World Indoor Track and Field Championship which will be held between 12-14 March in Qatar.

A Swiss collector donated nine art works from Pablo Picasso to Camille Pissarro to the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana.

Cuba expects a record number of Canadian tourists this year.

Havana Planetarium opened to the public in the recent days. The new attraction is waiting for the visitors 5 days a week.

American and Cuban experts joined to restore Cuban house where Ernest Hemingway lived for more then 20 years. He also wrote his famous novel 'The Old Man and the Sea' here.

Historical old town of Havana was declared to be Cultural World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO in 1982. Afterwards renovation of the district started. The area is based on Spanish - Andalusian architecture and it is the biggest colonial centre that still exists in Latin - America.

152 Cuban workers who were in Port-au-Prince during the earthquake on Tuesday are unharmed. The earthquake measuring 7.3 on Richter scale caused serious damages to the city but only 2 of the Cuban workers suffered minor injuries. 

According to news of this morning, earthquake in Haiti (7,3 magnitudes on Richter scale) could also be felt in Cuba. Despite of these Cuban cities weren't damaged. 

Cuban piano virtuoso, Chucho Valdes, is nominated for Grammy Award in category Best Latin Jazz Album in 2010 again. He's already won the prize 6 times before.

A year passed again, this time everyone summarizes what happened in the last year so we also look back at novelties and statistics of 2009.

Traditional New Years Eve fiesta was also held in 2009 at Cathedral Square in Havana. 

Most popular beach resort of Cuba, Varadero welcomed one million tourists in 2009.