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Minoan Palatial Centres

This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial ...
UNESCO

UNESCO names 12 new Global Geoparks

The 12 newly designated geoparks are located in China, France, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Tunisia – marking its first geopark – and Uruguay. Every rock ...
The Guardian

Wildlife and humans thriving in Unesco-protected sites

While wildlife populations crash globally, research finds designated areas enable recovery of threatened species Wildlife and humans are thriving within sites recognised by Unesco, research has found, ...
UNESCO

Call for nominations for the 2026 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education now open

Are you driving transformative change for girls’ and women’s education? If the answer is yes, this is your chance to submit your initiative and become a laureate of the prestigious UNESCO Prize for ...
The Guardian

Italy first country to win Unesco recognition for national cuisine

Italian cooking added to ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list after campaign by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government Unesco has officially recognised Italian cooking as a cultural beacon, an ...
CNN

Italian cuisine becomes world’s first to be awarded UNESCO status

It’s time to uncork the prosecco and maybe order a plate of tagliatelle al ragù for the table. Italy has a very tasty reason to celebrate: Its national cuisine has become the first entire gastronomic ...
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26 new UNESCO World Heritage sites inscribed

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris with the inscription of 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Once again this year, the ...
Time

What the U.S. Pulling Out of UNESCO Means For 26 World Heritage Sites in the U.S.

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U.S. to leave UNESCO, again, 2 years after rejoining

United Nations (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected move that has the U.S. further retreating from ...
The New York Times

U.S. Says It Will Withdraw From U.N. Cultural Organization, Again

A decision to pull out of UNESCO was the latest move by the Trump administration to cut ties with international organizations. By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris The United States said Tuesday ...
Reuters

Trump pulls US out of UN cultural agency UNESCO for second time

PARIS/WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the "woke" and "divisive" U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO, the White House said on ...
NPR

Here are some of the newest UNESCO World Heritage sites

Twenty-six sites have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, designating their cultural and natural importance. Locations this year include a sacred mountain in Malawi; petroglyphs in South Korea ...