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 ...

Nine new sites nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List were reviewed Friday at the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, chaired by Bulgaria. During the morning session, the ...

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 ...

The Friendship Envoy Award was presented to six individuals, including Thomas Rabe of Germany, chairman of the John Rabe ...

Irina Bokova served two consecutive 4-year terms as Director-General of UNESCO, becoming the first woman and Eastern European to hold this position. Prior to her election, she held numerous prominent ...

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 ...

Irina Bokova is the first woman and the first representative of Eastern Europe to ever chair UNESCO. Your election for Director-General of UNESCO is a huge success for Bulgaria.

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 ...

SOFIA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria on Tuesday assumed the six-month rotating Chairmanship-in-Office of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), the country's Foreign Ministry ...

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 ...

In fact, there are ten UNESCO-listed World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria—seven cultural and three natural. The country's rich traditions give it a remarkable Intangible Cultural Heritage as well.

UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, will carry out an official visit to Bulgaria on 23 and 24 May. On Thursday, she will begin her visit at the University of Sofia where she will speak to ...