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Türkiye's tradition of olive cultivation has been officially recognized and included in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, according to a statement from Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy.

The oldest of the city's 700 wind catchers were built in the 14th century, but the architectural feature is believed to date back as far as 2,500 years.

Tall, chimney-like towers rise from centuries-old adobe houses in Iran's desert city of Yazd, drawing in a pleasant breeze for residents of one of the hottest cities on earth.

Culture Minister Lina Mendoni chaired a meeting with local officials and experts on Tuesday to discuss Greece's bid to have the archaeological site of Nikopolis inducted onto UNESCO's World Heritage List.

Peru is sharply boosting access to its top attraction Machu Picchu, officials said on Dec. 2, in an effort to revive tourism that has yet to rebound from the pandemic.

Access to the Inca citadel has been increased to 4,500 per day "and on very specific dates may be increased to 5,600" from January 1, a Culture Ministry statement said.

Tomorrow, Dec. 5, is declared as the "World Turkish Coffee Day." Exactly 10 years ago, in 2013, Turkish coffee was included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List on Dec.

ATHENS - Serbian Ambassador to Greece Dusan Spasojevic said on Wednesday Serbia supported Greece's request to recover Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum.

In a Facebook post, Spasojevic noted that Greece had, and would have, Serbia's open and unequivocal support on this matter in all UN bodies and organisations, including Unesco.

The Academy of Athens on Monday presented an advanced new system for monitoring the impact of climate change on the natural environment and monuments of the sacred site of Delos, listed by UNESCO among the world's 13 most vulnerable sites to extreme weather phenomena.

The official event will be attended by Mrs. Iliyana Yotova, Vice President of Bulgaria, and Mr Vassil Terziev, Mayor of Sofia

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Monday attempts to rename Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo-Metohija to heritage of the so-called Kosovo were an "old narrative" aimed at erasing all traces of Serbian presence in the province and added that, to the best of its ability, Serbia would use all available means to fight against relativisation of history.

BELGRADE - Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO Tamara Rastovac Siamasvili said on Monday Serbia's re-election to the UNESCO Executive Board was a clear signal of its international position and the diplomatic room available to it to halt initiatives contrary to its national and state interests, such as Pristina's UNESCO membership bid.