Economy

German multinational Volkswagen to implement forced layoffs

Published on: September 2, 2024
12:11

Berlin, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The German group Volkswagen (VW) announced today it will resort to forced layoffs of workers and the possible closure of plants to reduce costs in the manufacture of cars and increase its dividends.

Cuban southeastern region prepares for TURNAT 2024

Published on: September 2, 2024
11:58

Santiago de Cuba, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The ECOTUR travel agency is currently working in the Santiago de Cuba, Granma, and Guantanamo provinces to prepare the Cuban southeastern region to participate for the first time in the promotional Nature Tourism Event, TURNAT 2024.

Chinese President talks with African counterparts ahead of Focac 2024

Published on: September 2, 2024
10:54

Beijing, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) Chinese President Xi Jinping met here with his counterparts from Guinea, Eritrea and Seychelles in the framework of the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac 2024).

Türkiye applies to join Brics

Published on: September 2, 2024
10:24

Ankara, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The government of Türkiye presented an official request to join the Brics group, a report by the Sputnik agency citing sources familiar with the matter.

The EU started importing more gas from Russia

Published on: September 2, 2024
07:57

Moscow, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) Russian natural gas represents 15 percent of the total volume imported by the European Union, said the director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry, Dmitri Birichevski.

Argentine union defines actions after rejecting government’s proposal

Published on: September 2, 2024
07:52

Buenos Aires, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The State Workers Association (ATE) of Argentina will hold an emergency meeting after rejecting as insufficient the Government's proposal to increase salaries by only two percent in September, and one percent in October.

President of China begins bilateral meetings with African dignitaries

Published on: September 2, 2024
07:40

Beijing, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) Chinese President Xi Jinping received his counterpart from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, who will attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC 2024).

South African President travels to China for a state visit

Published on: September 1, 2024
09:48

Pretoria, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, travels to China for a state visit that will take place between September 2 and 5.

Bolivia opens monitoring center to reinforce food security

Published on: August 30, 2024
16:46

La Paz, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Luis Arce today inaugurated the Food Security Committee Monitoring Center at the Ministry of Economy, which will scrutinize the ups and downs in the consumer price index (CPI).

Commercial potentialities between Panama and Cuba highlighted

Published on: August 30, 2024
16:33

Panama City, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) A Cuban diplomat today expounded here on the commercial potentialities for exchanges between his country and Panama, while introducing to locals the coming 40th Havana International Fair (Fihav 2024), to be held in Cuba from November 4 to 9.

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