41 h. ago Fifa announces 50% increase in World Cup prize money with $50m for 2026 winners

All 48 competing nations to get minimum of $10.5mFifa Council approval comes amid ticket price rowFifa has announced a 50% increase in World Cup prize money for next year’s tournament, with the champions set to take home $50m (£37.5m) as a reward for their success.The news comes days after there was widespread public outrage over the price of seats at the tournament, to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Fifa this week announced a limited number of discount tickets for fans of participating countries. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago World Cup prize money increased by 50% as Fifa offers $50m for 2026 winners

All 48 competing nations to get minimum of $10.5mFifa Council approval comes amid ticket price rowFifa has announced a 50% increase in World Cup prize money for next year’s tournament, with the champions set to take home $50m (£37.5m) as a reward for their success.The news comes days after there was widespread public outrage over the price of seats at the tournament, to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Fifa this week announced a limited number of discount tickets for fans of participating countries. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Louvre workers to vote on extending strike as security scrutiny intensifies

Employees at the Louvre Museum are set to vote on whether to extend a strike that shut the world’s most visited museum

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3 d. ago ‘The last bastion before collapse’ – Louvre museum closed as workers begin strike

Crisis-hit Paris institution still reeling from jewel heist in dispute over staffing, renovations and ticket price risesThe crisis-hit Louvre museum in Paris was closed on Monday as workers began a strike to demand urgent renovations and staffing increases, and protested against a rise in ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, including British and American tourists.The world’s most-visited museum – which has had a difficult few months after a jewel heist, a damaging water leak and safety fears over a gallery ceiling – could face days of partial or total closure at one of its busiest times of the year if many of its 2,100-strong workforce vote to continue striking this week. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Louvre museum in Paris faces closure this week as unions call strike

Weeks after jewel heist, world’s most visited museum in dispute over staffing, renovations and ticket price risesTrade unions at the crisis-hit Louvre museum in Paris will begin a strike on Monday to demand urgent renovations and staffing increases, and to protest against a rise in ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, including British and American tourists.The world’s most-visited museum – which has had a difficult few months after a jewel heist, a damaging water leak and safety fears over a gallery ceiling – could face days of partial or total closure at one of its busiest times of the year if many of its 2,100-strong workforce vote to continue striking. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Troubled Louvre museum in Paris faces disruption as unions call strike

Weeks after jewel heist, world’s most visited museum in dispute over staffing, renovations and ticket price risesTrade unions at the crisis-hit Louvre museum in Paris will begin a strike on Monday to demand urgent renovations and staffing increases, and to protest against a rise in ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, including British and American tourists.The world’s most-visited museum – which has had a difficult few months after a jewel heist, a damaging water leak and safety fears over a gallery ceiling – could face days of partial or total closure at one of its busiest times of the year if many of its 2,100-strong workforce vote to continue striking. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Louvre Museum workers confirm strike action after $102M heist

Major unions say the museum is in ‘crisis’

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1 week ago Louvre workers announce strike over work conditions and security after $102M heist

Workers at the Louvre Museum have voted to strike over poor working conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors, and security weaknesses

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1 week ago Water leak in Louvre damages hundreds of books in latest disaster for crisis

Hundreds of historic works from Egyptian antiquities department destroyed just weeks after €88m jewel heist

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1 week ago Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says

Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concernsA water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre’s Egyptian department, the Paris museum said on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns over its infrastructure.“Between 300 and 400 works” were affected by the leak discovered on 26 November, the museum’s deputy administrator, Francis Steinbock, said, describing them as “Egyptology journals” and “scientific documentation” used by researchers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago One of the world’s biggest museums to nearly DOUBLE entry fee for tourists with Brits paying even more

ONE of the world's most famous museums is set to nearly double its entry fee for tourists. The Louvre museum in Paris will increase its ticket prices by 45 per cent for most non-European Union visitors, which includes Brits. The price hike is set to be introduced early next year, with tourists from countries including...

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2 w. ago Paris' Louvre museum to increase ticket price for visitors from outside the European Union

The Louvre museum has approved a ticket price increase for non-EU visitors, raising it from 22 to 32 euros starting in January

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3 w. ago Paris police arrest another four people over Louvre Museum jewel theft

Four people have been arrested in connection with the heist that saw jewels valued at €88m stolen from the museum last month, police say

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