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Scorching heat shuts Paris' Eiffel Tower and Louvre museum early as France sweltersA severe heatwave in France has forced some of Paris’s most popular tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum, ...- Louvre museum 'running out of steam', says new directorThe Louvre museum is struggling to find funding to upgrade its ageing facilities, its new director said Wednesday, following a litany of pr...
- The theft that made the 'Mona Lisa' the world's most famous paintingThe Mona Lisa was not famous until it was stolen from the Louvre in 1911. The theft and extensive media coverage turned the painting into a...
- 3 minutes, 3 masterpieces gone 5 months after Louvre robbery — inside the daring art heist that stunned expertsA major art theft in northern Italy has shaken the global art world after three paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri ...
- Louvre museum heist probe: What we knowThieves in October broke into the French capital's world-famous Louvre museum in broad daylight, escaping in under eight minutes with jewel...
- What to know as Louvre tickets are becoming 45% more expensive for manyThe Louvre is implementing a two-tier ticketing system, raising admission for most non-Europeans to 32 euros ($37) from 22 euros ($26). Thi...
- Did a weak password lead to the $102 million heist at the iconic Louvre Museum? Here’s the full storyA shocking security lapse at the Louvre Museum allowed thieves to steal $102 million worth of jewels. The password to the surveillance syst...
- French police make more arrests in Louvre heist investigationParis prosecutor Laure Beccuau told radio station RTL the suspects, one of whom was identified through DNA traces left at the crime scene, ...
- Louvre heist arrests in Paris: Suspects taken to custody as one of them try to fly out of France. Details hereFour hooded thieves made off with eight precious pieces worth an estimated $102 million from the Louvre's collection on October 19, exposin...
- The $100 million Louvre theft could make France's stolen Crown Jewels as famous as the Mona LisaA daring robbery at the Louvre has unexpectedly propelled France's Crown Jewels to global fame, mirroring the Mona Lisa's rise after its 19...
- Louvre Museum robbery mystery: Fedora-wearing ‘detective’ steals the spotlight online. Internet is obsessed with himLouvre Museum heist: A daring daylight jewelry heist at the Louvre has left authorities baffled, with 100 detectives investigating the €88 ...
- 2025 Louvre robbery makes German firm go viral worldwide; Netizens call it a stroke of marketing geniusBöcker Maschinenwerke GmbH, a German lift manufacturer, grabbed worldwide attention after its equipment was used in the audacious Louvre Mu...
- German company behind Louvre heist lifting device uses robbery to advertise: “When you need to get going again quickly”A German firm's lifting device was used in a daring heist at Paris's Louvre Museum. Thieves stole eight priceless jewels, including royal t...
- Paris Louvre Museum Heist: Losses estimated at $102 million, says prosecutorA brazen theft at the Louvre museum has left art lovers in shock, as renowned royal jewels valued at 88 million euros have vanished. Accord...
- Thieves hit the Louvre again. Here's a look at other famous heists in museums worldwideA daring heist at the Louvre saw thieves steal nine priceless jewels from Napoleon and the Empress's collection. They used a basket lift to...
- Louvre Museum Robbery: Priceless crown of Empress Eugénie with 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds found broken in ParisLouvre Museum Robbery: Thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris. The daring daylight heist saw criminals breach a win...
- How a 30-year-old pulled off a Hollywood movie like heist in Munich museumA 30-year-old employee at the Deutsches Museum in Munich stole valuable paintings and sold them to fund a luxurious lifestyle. The employee...
- Van Gogh paintings snatched then foundVan Gogh's "Blossoming Chestnut Branches" (1890), among four Impressionist masterpieces valued at more than 112 million euros, was stolen f...
- Jaldi & Ugra, Chors Get Fast & FuriousWill they spawn a whole bunch of sophisticated cat-turned-car burglars? Rao, Sharma and Mohammad may not be your idea of car heist-meisters...
- Case of the missing jewels: Four famous gem heistsWith a stolen Kashmir sapphire of 65-carats making international headlines recently, here are some other talked about gem heists.
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