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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

Focus on Iran: The World in 2012 and Beyond.... The Global Roundup Analysis

And then there is Iran. As of now, the tension remains in the area regarding the Persian Nuclear issue. The question of the Per...

Quick Facts: Legal Status of Jerusalem

Since Israel’s establishment in 1948, the United Nations and international community have not recognized the sovereignty of any...

UAE, UNESCO and Iraq Conclude Historic $50m Partnership to Reconstruct Mosul’s Iconic Mosque and Minaret