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Louvre Partially Reopens As Staff Extends Strike Over Working Conditions
Staff at the Louvre Museum voted on Wednesday to extend a strike to demand better working conditions and visitor experience at the Paris landmark, forcing management to only partially open to frustrated tourists.
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Months After Louvre Heist, Fresh Trouble For Museum As Staff Continues Strike
Paris' Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, remained closed on Wednesday, as its staff continued discussions on whether to extend a strike over pay and working conditions that started on Monday.
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30 More Seconds And Louvre Thieves Would Have Been Caught: Investigation
The thieves who stole crown jewels from the Louvre in October evaded police with just 30 seconds to spare due to avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation revealed on Wednesday.
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See Pics: Glittering Exhibition Of Royal Jewels In Paris After Louvre Heist
A glittering exhibition of royal jewels is opening Wednesday in Paris even as the city still reels from the brazen crown-jewel heist at the nearby Louvre Museum.
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Blue Drum Murder To Iran's Black Widow: Crimes That Shook The World In 2025
A honeymoon murder in Meghalaya, a body sealed in a blue drum in Meerut, and a $102-million heist at the Louvre, 2025 saw some of the most shocking crimes in recent memory.
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Weeks After Louvre Jewel Heist, Water Leak Damages 400 Egyptian Artifacts
A water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre's Egyptian department, the Paris museum told AFP on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns over its infrastructure.
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Zohran Mamdani, Louvre Among Most Mispronounced Words Of 2025
From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year's news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations.
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Louvre Museum To Raise Ticket Prices For Non-EU Visitors From January 2026
The updated rates, confirmed by the museum and staff unions to AFP, will apply to tourists from countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, China and others beyond the EU's single market.
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Non-Europeans To Pay 45% More To Visit Louvre Next Year: Museum
The Louvre decided on Thursday to hike ticket prices for non-European visitors by 45%, the Paris museum and...
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4 More Arrested Over $102 Million Louvre Jewel Heist
French authorities Tuesday arrested four more people in the probe into last month's spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the top Paris prosecutor said.
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Louvre Museum Shuts Gallery Over Ceiling Safety Fears
The Louvre Museum said Monday that it was closing one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building.
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French Embassy's Witty Response To Trump With Louvre Detective Pic Viral: 'Come One, We've Got...'
As a video of Donald Trump's comment went viral, the French Embassy in the US responded with a pic featuring the now-viral 'Fedora Man'.
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Chasing The Louvre Loot: Inside Antwerp's Jewellery Underworld
In the hours after the Louvre heist, Belgian police received an alert from their French counterparts, urging them to be on the lookout for anyone trying to hawk the stolen jewels, according to two Antwerp police officers.
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Chasing The Louvre Loot: Inside Antwerp's Jewellery Underworld
In the hours after the Louvre heist, Belgian police received an alert from their French counterparts, urging them to be on the lookout for anyone trying to hawk the stolen jewels, according to two Antwerp police officers.
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Not Detective Or AI: Louvre 'Fedora Man' Is A Teen With Great Style
When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realised a photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself.
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Louvre Partially Reopens As Staff Extends Strike Over Working Conditions
Staff at the Louvre Museum voted on Wednesday to extend a strike to demand better working conditions and visitor experience at the Paris landmark, forcing management to only partially open to frustrated tourists.
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Months After Louvre Heist, Fresh Trouble For Museum As Staff Continues Strike
Paris' Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, remained closed on Wednesday, as its staff continued discussions on whether to extend a strike over pay and working conditions that started on Monday.
-
30 More Seconds And Louvre Thieves Would Have Been Caught: Investigation
The thieves who stole crown jewels from the Louvre in October evaded police with just 30 seconds to spare due to avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation revealed on Wednesday.
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See Pics: Glittering Exhibition Of Royal Jewels In Paris After Louvre Heist
A glittering exhibition of royal jewels is opening Wednesday in Paris even as the city still reels from the brazen crown-jewel heist at the nearby Louvre Museum.
-
Blue Drum Murder To Iran's Black Widow: Crimes That Shook The World In 2025
A honeymoon murder in Meghalaya, a body sealed in a blue drum in Meerut, and a $102-million heist at the Louvre, 2025 saw some of the most shocking crimes in recent memory.
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Weeks After Louvre Jewel Heist, Water Leak Damages 400 Egyptian Artifacts
A water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre's Egyptian department, the Paris museum told AFP on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns over its infrastructure.
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Zohran Mamdani, Louvre Among Most Mispronounced Words Of 2025
From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year's news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations.
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Louvre Museum To Raise Ticket Prices For Non-EU Visitors From January 2026
The updated rates, confirmed by the museum and staff unions to AFP, will apply to tourists from countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, China and others beyond the EU's single market.
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Non-Europeans To Pay 45% More To Visit Louvre Next Year: Museum
The Louvre decided on Thursday to hike ticket prices for non-European visitors by 45%, the Paris museum and...
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4 More Arrested Over $102 Million Louvre Jewel Heist
French authorities Tuesday arrested four more people in the probe into last month's spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the top Paris prosecutor said.
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Louvre Museum Shuts Gallery Over Ceiling Safety Fears
The Louvre Museum said Monday that it was closing one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building.
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French Embassy's Witty Response To Trump With Louvre Detective Pic Viral: 'Come One, We've Got...'
As a video of Donald Trump's comment went viral, the French Embassy in the US responded with a pic featuring the now-viral 'Fedora Man'.
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Chasing The Louvre Loot: Inside Antwerp's Jewellery Underworld
In the hours after the Louvre heist, Belgian police received an alert from their French counterparts, urging them to be on the lookout for anyone trying to hawk the stolen jewels, according to two Antwerp police officers.
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Chasing The Louvre Loot: Inside Antwerp's Jewellery Underworld
In the hours after the Louvre heist, Belgian police received an alert from their French counterparts, urging them to be on the lookout for anyone trying to hawk the stolen jewels, according to two Antwerp police officers.
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Not Detective Or AI: Louvre 'Fedora Man' Is A Teen With Great Style
When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realised a photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself.
