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‘Talks on iconography of idols in Delhi’s Qutub Minar complex on’

NEW DELHI: The culture ministry on Monday said discussions are under way to conduct an iconography of the Hindu and Jain idols found in Delhi’s Qutub Minar complex and to see if they can be labelled and displayed at an interpretation centre that is intended to come up on the…

The Times of India

Greece clash with British Museum over Parthenon marble claims

Greece has rejected claims made by the British Museum that marbles taken from the Parthenon were “removed from the rubble”.

Evening Standard

Sinking Maldives plans to reclaim land from the ocean

Vulnerable island nation split over project to dredge millions of tonnes of sand to create land for resorts and industry on Unesco reserve

The Guardian - UK

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Greece rebuts British Museum claim Parthenon marbles were ‘removed from rubble’

Museum’s deputy director had told Unesco meeting contested treasures ‘were not all hacked’ from Greek temple

The Guardian - UK

Pockets of hope, linking nature and humanity

It is important to increase the number of biosphere reserves in South Asia to ward off a doomsday ecological scenario

The Hindu

Patriots and arias: Italian opera seeks Unesco recognition

NAPLES (ITALY) - Opera originated in Italy, it was sung by Italian patriots and some of the world's greatest arias came from the peninsula. Now Rome wants credit where credit is due.

Bangkok Post

Senegal is decolonising its heritage and re-imagining an African future

On the morning of 5 September 2017, the inhabitants of Saint-Louis, a regional capital on Senegal’s northwest coast, woke to a strange scene. The statue of Louis Faidherbe that had formed the focal point of the Square Faidherbe since 1887 had fallen.

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Palestinian Authority Appeals to US to Stop Car Cable Project in Jerusalem

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday appealed to the US administration and international community, mainly UNESCO, to exert pressure on Israel to halt the construction of a cable car project in occupied East Jerusalem. On Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian opponents of an Israeli plan to run a cable car over…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The importance of Lumbini

Modi’s visit is political and strategic and is an opportune time for India to do much more in the region

The Hindu

Kos, Crete, Corfu and Mykonos: a guide to Greece’s favourite islands

From the mountains of the gods to open-air nightclubs, luxe beach cabanas to postcard perfect ancient towns, explore the four Greek islands that continue to capture our hearts

The Guardian - UK

Ancient art moves to modernise

After a two-year hiatus, Thanyaporn Khongkrathok, 17, and her friends dusted off their kaleidoscopic bird-like costumes. When the curtain was raised, they danced gracefully to pay respect to their ancestors. Thanyaporn has practised nora, the southern performance art, from an early age because she wants to preserve it.

Bangkok Post

RTE's Roisin Murphy calls for UNESCO protection for Irish pubs to prevent more hotels

The Home Rescue presenter is campaigning for our beloved bars to become UNESCO sites

Dublin Live

‘Easy to point the finger’ say Liverpool Waters developers as ‘these things take time’

The £5bn scheme was granted planning permission nine years ago, but its developers point to a raft of achievements and push back on criticisms that progress has been slow

Liverpool Echo

Five of the best European city breaks with kids

Smaller European cities make for brilliant breaks with kids, be they toddlers, tweens or teens. Our writers pick cool things to do and see

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Forest Whitaker to receive honorary Palme d'Or prize at Cannes

Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker will receive the honorary Palme d'Or at the opening ceremony of this month's Cannes Film Festival.

Daily Record

New Lanark to introduce parking charges to help protect its future

The village is one of six UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.

Newsroom.co.nz

United we stand - divided we stall?

World Heritage status for Runanga’s historic workers’ hall could help put the West Coast town on the map, if the bureaucratic hurdles can be overcome.

Al Jazeera

‘It’s our heritage’: Defending Ukraine’s modernist architecture

Amid the devastation of Russia’s invasion, activists are battling to save Ukraine’s rich Soviet-era architecture.

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Infographic: Where is press freedom restricted?

More than 85 percent of the world has seen a decrease in press freedom in their country in the past five years.

Newslaundry

‘Recognise journalists as frontline workers’: Unesco to South Asian governments on World Press Freedom Day

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, or Unesco, has called for South Asian governments to “recognise” journalists as frontline workers and "prioritise their well-being”, in a press release issued on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday.

Daily Record

Cash boost for Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere's Wool Gathering project

The scheme, which aims to showcase wool's diverse potential, has been backed by the Blackface Breeders' Association

360info

Special Report: Press freedom under digital siege

Journalists the world over face increasing digital surveillance used to hamper press freedom, promote misinformation or discredit their work.

The National (Scotland)

Outrage as Labour peer George Foulkes claims Scots 'not a language'

LABOUR peer George Foulkes has been taken to task after he claimed that Scots is not a language – despite his party’s own government having…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Backs US Return to UNESCO, Says Blinken

Israel, which withdrew from the UN cultural agency UNESCO with the United States over alleged bias in 2019, has no objections to a US return, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. Questioned by lawmakers, Blinken called on Congress to give President Joe Biden the power to waive a US…

Wales Online

Best places to live in 2022 as average house price rises by £27,000

Changing buyer demands, lifestyle choices and societal shifts are all helping determine what locations top the wish lists

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