UNESCO
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World heritage
UNESCO digs flamenco and med food
17 November 2010PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Amsterdam
Who cares about Unesco?
6 August 20103NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam -
Heritage
Istanbul, all a facade
27 July 20101Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Wine
War of the Tokays
23 December 2009Polityka Warsaw -
University
Europe tops rankings
9 October 2009PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Anti-semitism
Mooted UNESCO chief may eat his words
17 September 2009PresseuropLibération -
World heritage
UNESCO ditches Dresden
26 June 2009PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel
UNESCO’s recognition of Amsterdam’s 17th-century canal ring area fails to impress NRC Handelsblad, which argues that tourism and modernisation will not benefit from the city’s new status as a World Heritage Site — a title the newspaper believes is largely overblown. 
For years the Turkish government has been deliberately gutting Istanbul’s old town rather than restoring it, writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung. UNESCO now intends to strike Istanbul off the World Cultural Heritage list, seeing as politicians have done nothing but stymie efforts to preserve its historic monuments. 
For more than 40 years, Hungary has been fighting to have the Tokaj wine region recognized as a protected designation of origin (PDO). Having battled with the Soviet Union, France and Italy, it is now in dispute with neighbouring Slovakia, which is putting up stiff resistance.