Inheritance

03.December 2024 S.Ć.

Kovačić's naive painting is on the UNESCO World Heritage List

The knowledge and skills of painting and painting objects with expressive depictions of folk life, rural environment and everyday life, which developed in Kovačica in the thirties of the 20th century, Kovačica painting, has been entered on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Inheritance

30.October 2024 Robert Shepherd

Little girl in a pink dress

It is expected that by the end of the year, UNESCO will accept Serbia's nomination of Kovačić's naive painting for the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the World. Apart from this, the second occasion for the following text is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Zuzana Halupova

World cultural heritage

06.September 2023 MN

Venice introduces tickets for tourists

There are often more tourists than residents in the center of Venice. Mass tourism has begun to threaten the historical identity of the city, so UNESCO is considering taking appropriate measures

Cultural heritage

07.August 2023 MN

Pristina demands that Serbia return the silver buckle from the 6th century

Along with all the other disputes between Belgrade and Pristina, the Kosovo Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports is asking Serbia to return to Kosovo a silver buckle from the 6th century AD that was discovered at the archaeological site of Ulpijan. Belgrade responds by recalling the systematic desecration of Orthodox holy sites

The World

26.July 2023 AE

Learning first: UNESCO calls for a ban on mobile phones in schools

In the last few years, more and more countries have opted for a complete or partial ban on mobile phones in schools. The last to do so was the Netherlands. Because of this problem, UNESCO sent an appeal in which many questions are raised about the importance of digital education

News

17.May 2022. S.Ć.

Pristina: Again candidacy for membership in UNESCO

Kosovo has done a lot to increase the level of security, restoration and functioning of Orthodox churches, claim from Pristina announcing its candidacy for membership in UNESCO. Belgrade replies that Pristina's only connection with Serbian Orthodox churches is their demolition

Gilet

02.May 2022. S.Ć.

Mariupol City Council: 2000 works of art were stolen from the museum

According to the latest UNESCO data, 102 cultural sites in Ukraine have been destroyed. The Mariupol city council announces that it will seek the help of Interpol for the investigation of the missing artifacts. The works of Maria Primyachenko, whom Picasso called an artistic miracle, were destroyed

The war in Ukraine

09.march 2022 S.Ć.

Cultural monuments: Under the attack of Russian rockets

UNESCO is concerned about seven cultural monuments in Ukraine that are on the World Heritage List. The Russians announced an attack on the headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine, which is located next to the Saint Sophia Cathedral. Museum collections were not evacuated in time

Serbian cultural treasure

13.January 2022 Sonja Ciric

Miroslav's Gospel: Concealment of Desecration

The organizers of the phototype edition of "Miroslav's Gospel" claim that during the restoration of this UNESCO-protected monument, the pages were wrongly connected and accuse the National Museum and the Ministry of Culture and Information of a conspiracy of silence about the desecration.