The bureau of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee will convene for its first meeting within the 47th session at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, on Sunday, under Bulgaria’s chairmanship led by ...

For the first time, Bulgaria will host the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2025, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Culture. This decision was made early this morning during the ...

On 1 December 2014, the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria. At a special ceremony in the Regional centre for the Safeguarding of the intangible ...

Bulgaria is known for its rich cultural heritage with unique Thracian, Roman and medieval works of art and architecture. Its capital, Sofia, was recently picked to host next year’s UNESCO World ...

Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov, welcomed Friday in Sofia the newly-elected Bulgarian Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova. "Today you are the symbol of the Bulgarian success," the ...

Bulgaria has been a member of UNESCO since 1956. It is home to 3 UNESCO Chairs and 51 Associated Schools, as well as 10 World Heritage Sites, 5 elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural ...

SOFIA - The 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which is scheduled to be held from 6 to 16 July 2025 in Bulgaria, may fail due to the inaction of the authorities, MPs have warned ...

Bulgaria has nominated Irina Bokova, a Bulgarian who leads the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), to run for the position of head of the United Nations.

In a surprise victory, Bulgarian diplomat Irina Bokova becomes the first female and first Eastern European head of Unesco.

Date range: 1 November 2023 - 31 October 2024 Research collaboration: UNESCO Chair on Groundwater arsenic within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a research collaboration whose ...

UNESCO appoints Indigenous co-chairs to protect languages and knowledge amid climate crisis "A single word like 'X̱maay' contains generations of climate knowledge, laws, and cultural practices." ...