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MNI Media Features: The world’s First Film Made by an Airline and an Airport

MNI Media Features: The world’s First Film Made by an Airline and an Airport

The short film premiered last night in a very special event at Helsinki Airport, where an aircraft hangar was turned into a movie theatre for one night.
Former U.N First African Secretary General, Kofi Annan Has Died Aged 80

Former U.N First African Secretary General, Kofi Annan Has Died Aged 80

Annan was one of the world's most recognised black diplomats, and he was the first African secretary-general of the U.N. He was Ghanaian.

Italian Highway Bridge Collapses Killing 25

Italian Highway Bridge Collapses Killing 25

A huge section of the Morandi Bridge fell at midday over an industrial zone, sending tons of twisted steel and concrete onto warehouses below. Photos fr...
World Heritage Committee Has Inscribed a Total of 19 Sites on World Heritage List

World Heritage Committee Has Inscribed a Total of 19 Sites on World Heritage List

During the session, the Committee inscribed 19 sites on the World Heritage List (13 cultural sites, three natural and two mixed...
Four Additional Sites Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Four Additional Sites Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Located in the Germuş mountains of south-eastern Anatolia, this site presents monumental circular and rectangular megalithic st...
Two Sites From Italy and Spain Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List at 42nd Meeting in Bahrain

Two Sites From Italy and Spain Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List at 42nd Meeting in Bahrain

A model social project, Ivrea expresses a modern vision of the relationship between industrial production and architecture.
Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Having become a global trading centre, the city of Mumbai implemented an ambitious urban planning project in the second half of...
Two Further Sites in Germany and Denmark Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Two Further Sites in Germany and Denmark Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

The cultural landscape includes seven key localities, from Nipisat in the west to Aasivissuit, near the ice-cap in the east. It...
World Heritage Committee in Manama (Bahrain) to Examine New Nominations to the World Heritage List

World Heritage Committee in Manama (Bahrain) to Examine New Nominations to the World Heritage List

The World Heritage Committee will inscribe some of the 30 sites nominated for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during ...
Krakow-Katowice, to Forthcoming Yearly meeting of UNESC’s Creative Cities Network

Krakow-Katowice, to Forthcoming Yearly meeting of UNESC’s Creative Cities Network

Culture and the creative industries represent real levers of economic, social and environmental development
Major International Conference on Circulation of Cultural Property and Shared heritage: What New Perspectives?

Major International Conference on Circulation of Cultural Property and Shared heritage: What New Perspectives?

The conference, a forum for dialogue of exceptional scope, will bring together government ministers, academics, curators, and e...
Social Media Under The Microscope As Irish Abortion Vote Gets Heated

Social Media Under The Microscope As Irish Abortion Vote Gets Heated

In homes and pubs, on leaflets and lampposts, debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country’s decades-old ban on...
Towards Access to Culture for All: Advancing Universal Access to Culture in its Diversity

Towards Access to Culture for All: Advancing Universal Access to Culture in its Diversity

UNESCO will celebrate World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, 21 May, and this year’s 70th anniversary o...