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British specialists will study the Bulgarian Black Sea seabed for archaeological finds that could be included into a map of Bulgaria's underwater cultural heritage, according to the Culture Ministry.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists battled Syrian troops near ancient Palmyra May 14, threatening the UNESCO world heritage site with destruction like that which it has already wreaked in Iraq, a monitoring group said.

In a letter to the Bulgarian authorities, the International Council on Monuments and Sties (ICOMOS) expressed its concern about the country's endangered cultural heritage.

Serbian soldiers march on Red Square

MOSCOW -- Members of the Serbian Army (VS) Guard were among the servicement who on Saturday took part in the Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square.

This was the largest parade of its kind organized to date by Russia to mark May 9, the day when Germany capitulated in 1945.

President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday signed decrees recalling some ambassadors, according to the Presidential Administration.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Deputy Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis received a letter from the associations of the North Eastern Aegean island of Ikaria both in Greece and abroad calling for the traditional Ikariotiko dance to be listed on UNESCO’s list for Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profe

Surrounded by ochre rubble, Pannakaji beds down on a mattress wedged between Buddha statues at Kathmandu's "Monkey Temple", hoping to deter looters from the quake-ravaged site where his ancestors have served as priests for 1,600 years.
 

UNESCO’s scientific symposium in Santorini from November 5 through to 7 will focus on the heritage and development of wine regions and their role in tourism.

President Klaus Iohannis signed this week several ambassador appointments, giving his seal of approval to journalist and writer Emil Hurezeanu's nomination as Ambassador of Romania to Germany, and to historian, essayist and politician Adrian Cioroianu taking over as Romania's Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, the Presidential Administration announced.