Residents, students and visitors in Airbnb properties will be exempt from the scheme, which will be implemented next spring

The organisation has repeatedly bowed to pressure from the Italian government not to do so

The bombing of several buildings including in the historic city centre—a World Heritage Site—has been strongly condemned by Unesco

Following a five-year absence, one of the founding members of the UN's cultural agency is readmitted as the organisation's 194th member state

The US will have to repay $619m in dues that accrued after it ceased paying in 2011 but before its formal departure in 2019

The Biden administration has agreed to pay more than $600m in arrears to the United Nation cultural agency responsible for protecting the world's most significant heritage sites

The terrorist group almost destroyed the museum in 2014. Less than a decade later, it is beginning to exhibit once again

New report finds that, unlike journalists, artists are often "in the dark" about the organisations they can turn to when their rights are threatened

Audrey Azoulay met President Zelensky and toured sites in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Odesa during an official visit to the country this week

Book "Monumental Lies" is a searching exploration of the truths and untruths embodied in contested heritage

The decision "recognises the outstanding universal value of the site and the duty of all humanity to protect it", the UN cultural organisation states

America left the United Nations heritage organisation in 2019 after its members voted to accept Palestine as a member state

United Nations culture organisation has not acknowledged the January 2022 request to add Afghanistan's Bagh-e Babur to the World Heritage List

Boycotted Russia resigned as chair of the World Heritage Committee last month

Conservation projects that have been paused due to sanctions on the new government may restart after Unesco intervention

The International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas is partnering with the Getty to save Ukraine’s museums and monuments

The strategic Black Sea port city, home to a famous opera house and controversial Catherine the Great statue, has been the target of Russian bombing

The Unesco World Heritage Site is closed while conservators assess the damage to the almost 1,000 ancient statues, while the island's mayor claims the fire was started deliberately

Unesco warns of risks of construction works in the archaeological zone where the Bamiyan Buddha statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Sites are suffering widespread destruction, but a coalition of organisations is working to provide evidence of deliberate targeting by Russian forces

World-leading heritage protection taskforce known as the 'Blue Helmets' will have close ties with UN agency to operate abroad

The 45th annual meeting of the organisation’s World Heritage Committee was due to take place in June in the Russian city of Kazan

Local trainees are taking up traditional stone masonry techniques as part of a major Unesco initiative to restore heritage houses damaged in the battle to liberate the Iraqi city from Isis

An international restoration plan has been revised after the foundations of an ancient prayer hall were discovered at the site of the Al-Nuri mosque

UK culture minister, Auschwitz Memorial and Europa Nostra call for the June event to be relocated following Russian invasion of Ukraine

Evidence of encroaching development, looting and a new coal depot near the site poses major threats to its status—and its future

The UN body is monitoring heritage sites by satellite and plans a meeting with Ukrainian museum directors to safeguard collections

An increase in illegal development and excavations is damaging the structural integrity of the World Heritage Site that has stood for more than 1,000 years

Proposal was put forward by 16 Arabic-speaking countries

Agreement covers developing archaeological programmes and paves the way for kingdom's ambitious long-term plans to attract tourists to the region