Italian composer Ennio Morricone, one of the world's best-known and most prolific film composers, has died in Rome, Italian news agency ANSA said on Monday. Morricone, who was 91, died in hospital in Rome where he was being …
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, museums have not been spared, the UN cultural agency said, revealing that nearly 90% of the treasured cultural institutions have had to close their doors, while almost 13% are under …
The number of Turkey’s cultural assets on UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List has risen to 83
Head of the National Culinary Association and the National Culinary Center about the tea culture
Turkey and Azerbaijan have applied for the registration of balaban as part of UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The …
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has offered the way of celebration of Old-New Year on the day, which is called Kalandoba in Guria, and the Georgian Christmas tree Chichilaki, which also comes from the region, to be …
Sheki is one of the oldest cities in the Caucasus region, believed to date back to the late Bronze Age, circa 700 BC
Azerbaijani Minister of Culture Abulfas Garayev, who is on a visit to Paris, took part in the 22nd session of the General Assembly and the UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on November …
Azerbaijani cuisine is of highest quality attainable in culinary art, Mikhail Shirvindt, famous Russian TV hist, siad in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza. "Azerbaijani cuisine, of course, should absolutely be included in the …
First Vice President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva congratulated Azerbaijani citizens on Baku's inclusion to UNESCO Network of Creative Cities in the Design category. "The city of Baku, every …
On the occasion of World Cities’ Day, celebrated on 31 October, UNESCO is designating 66 urban settlements that are to join the Organization’s Network of Creative Cities. Baku is on the list in the Design category, according …
Director-General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has named Tbilisi the World Book Capital for the year of 2021, per the recommendation of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee, which met in Switzerland in June 2019. …
Baku and Ankara are turning into a core for the most important global energy and transportation projects
Together with his band and Azerbaijani musicians, Malian musician Cheick Tidiane Seck has given a concert at the International Mugham Center in Baku on July 6, the center's press service reported. Seck’s …
The last meeting of the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee took place in Baku today. The correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza reported that the meeting was attended by chairman of the Organizing Committee, Azerbaijani Minister of …
Azerbaijan and Brazil cooperate very closely in the sphere of culture, Special Secretary for Culture under Brazil's Ministry of Citizenship Jose Henrique Medeiros Pires said, speaking with the corespondent of Vestnik …
The head of Rossotrudnichestvo on the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Baku
The inclusion of the historic center of Sheki to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List was due to the Azerbaijani authorities' highest level of work to preserve its history and culture, Permanent Delegate of Brazil to UNESCO Maria …
Iran's Hyrcanian Forests were inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List during the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku, the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza reported. Hyrcanian Forests form a …
First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has met today with Ambassador for the Arctic and Antarctic Poles of France, former French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Segolene …
