Furthermore, UNESCO is facilitating urgent repair and rehabilitation works at key cultural landmarks in Odesa, with contributions from Italy and Japan. Beneficiary sites include the Odesa House of ...

Culture has been greatly impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine. As of 16 November 2022, UNESCO has verified damages to 216 cultural sites across the territory of Ukraine. In partnership with the ...

A Russian drone attack on Odesa damaged residential buildings, a gas station, and the city's Pryvoz market overnight on July ...

UNESCO said it also wants to add Odesa on the List of World Heritage in Danger, as well as World Heritage sites Kyiv and Lviv, which are also under threat.

The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, has designated the historic center of Odesa as a World Heritage Site and classified it as being “in danger” during a committee session in Paris on ...

UNESCO will also cover the cost of hiring additional staff to protect their collections. Support for the digitization of at least 1,000 works of art in Odesa and of documentary collection at the Odesa ...

The legendary Privoz market in Odesa, located in the city's historic district under enhanced UNESCO protection since January 2023, was struck in a Russian attack, Ukrainian officials said. The strike ...

Feb. 2 (UPI) -- UNESCO has added the Ukrainian city of Odesa to its list of protected World Heritage sites amid the war with Russia. The World Heritage Committee decided on Jan. 25 to add the ...

UNESCO's Director-General Audrey Azoulay traveled to the war-torn nation to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and visit Kyiv, Odessa, and Chernihiv. "Sometimes there are only words.

UNESCO agreed with Zelensky and decided: As early as in the summer of 2022, UNESCO linked international experts with Ukrainian experts to prepare the nomination, with the support of Italy and Greece.

"UNESCO condemns these strikes, which contravene international law, and expresses its support for the victims, the population, and the local authorities," reads the statement published on Nov. 18.

PARIS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - United Nations cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it supported a bid by Ukraine to put its port city of Odesa on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Following a meeting ...