Cuban Education Minister Ena Elsa Velázquez has arrived in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, at the invitation of her counterpart, Lazarus Dokora.

More than 65,200 places to enter higher education were granted to those who plan to start university studies in the next school year in Cuba.

Speaking to Granma, Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs and Minister of Education of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, António da Conceição, who made an official visit to Cuba June 12-15, expressed his gratitude for the ties of friendship and collaboration which unite the island and his country.

Members of the Federation of Middle School Students have repudiated the recent speech made by U.S. President Donald Trump and described as a circus act his political stance toward the island.

In order to promote cultural exchange between Cuba and Russia, a Russian Language Chair of the Pushkin Institute was inaugurated at the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the University of Havana (UH).