Strasbourg, 11/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted an own initiative report by Greek Socialist Nikolaos Sifunakis, President of the EP's Culture and Education Committee, on protecting European cultural and architectural heritage in rural areas and on islands, which highlights the special nature of cultural and architectural heritage in such regions, threatened by technological progress, modern farming methods, the rural exodus and over-exploitation of...