3 h. 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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11 h. 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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11 h. 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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7 d. ago Louvre Museum workers confirm strike action after $102M heist

Major unions say the museum is in ‘crisis’

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7 d. 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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7 d. 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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7 d. ago Louvre museum suffers major water leak as precious artifacts damaged

The leak occurred in the museum's Egyptian department and reportedly damaged between 300 and 400 works, although the final count is still being processed

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7 d. 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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1 week ago French art museum nicknamed ‘Little Louvre’ reopens after 14 years

The Basque country museum houses an extensive collection of Old Masters said to rival the Louvre’s

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1 week ago Major disruption after horror crash on A9 as drivers forced to take TWENTY

DRIVERS are facing a lengthy diversion after a horror crash on a notorious Scottish road. Emergency crews were scrambled to the A9 south of Newtonmore in the Cairngorms around 6.05pm. The road has been closed in both directions at the Ralia Cafe as blue light workers handle the serious incident. Police are urging drivers to...

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2 w. ago All members of Louvre jewellery heist gang now in custody, French police claim

A 39-year-old male was arrested this week, French prosecutors said

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2 w. ago Paris prosecutor says arrested man is thought to be 4th member of Louvre heist gang

French police have arrested a man believed to be the fourth member of the team that stole France’s crown jewels from the Louvre Museum

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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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2 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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3 w. ago ‘Stranded’: Palestinians who were in Israel on 7 October 2023 are suspended between exile and war

Unable to reunite with their families in Gaza due to the closed border, Palestinian workers have spent two years in a refugee camp at Nablus stadiumInside a dim locker room at the Nablus municipal stadium, in the occupied West Bank, the television rarely goes dark, streaming day and night the relentless news from Gaza. Gathered in front of it are a group of men from Khan Younis. For more than two years, they have lived in this stadium converted into a refugee camp, their lives suspended between exile and the war they watched on a screen.They are mostly construction workers who were in Israel on the morning of 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched its attack. As Israel rounded up Palestinians from Gaza, they fled to the West Bank, where they remain – cut off from wives and children living in makeshift tents inside the strip. With very few exceptions, civilians are not currently allowed in or out of Gaza. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Louvre blow as gallery closed over 'structural weakness' weeks after disaster

Engineers have launched an urgent investigation looking at 'certain beams supporting the floors' at the Campana Gallery in the Louvre museum, which hosts Greek ceramics

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3 w. ago Louvre Museum closes offices and a gallery over structural fragility concerns

The Louvre Museum is temporarily closing some employee offices and a public gallery due to structural fragility

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4 w. ago Pranksters outsmart Louvre security by sneaking fake painting next to Mona Lisa

Just weeks after four thieves in yellow vests pulled off a £76million heist at the Louvre, two Belgian TikTokers have managed to embarrass the museum’s security yet again

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