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Louvre Workers Double Down on Their Strike

Union employees at Paris museum complain of understaffing, building deterioration

(Newser) - Employees at the Louvre voted on Wednesday to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum. Union workers were protesting chronic understaffing, building deterioration, and recent management decisions—pressures intensified by a brazen crown-jewels heist in October. The decision came during a morning general...

The Louvre Just Cannot Catch a Break

Workers vote to strike in another blow to the Paris museum

(Newser) - Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday to strike over working conditions and other complaints, dealing another blow to the Paris museum after an embarrassing jewelry heist in October. The CFDT union said the vote was taken at a meeting of 400 workers on Monday morning and that they decided...

Louvre Heist Perpetrators Had Just Seconds to Spare

Investigation reveals police were on the scene about 30 seconds later

(Newser) - Thieves who slipped crown jewels out of the Louvre in October appear to have been truly racing against the clock, according to a French investigation that paints a picture of cascading security failures at the world's most-visited museum. A report ordered by the culture ministry and presented to the...

Water Leak at Louvre Does Serious Damage

Hundreds of books damaged, but none were precious or unique volumes, official says

(Newser) - In the wake of a brazen heist during which more than $100 million worth of jewelry was stolen, the Louvre has more bad news. The iconic Paris museum announced Sunday that a water pipe leak released a "flood of dirty water" in the Egyptian antiquities department's library on...

The Words and Names You've Been Saying Wrong All Year

It's mam-DAH-nee, not man-DAM-ee, and Loov-ruh, not 'Loov'

(Newser) - From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year's news left some Americans struggling with pronunciations, per the AP . The language-learning company Babbel and the Captioning Group closed-captioning company on Thursday released a list of the words...

Americans Will Soon Pay More to Visit the Louvre

Museum to increase ticket price for visitors from outside the European Union

(Newser) - Paris' Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to $37) for non-EU visitors beginning in January to help finance an overhaul of the building whose degradation was exposed by the Oct. 19 crown jewels heist. The measure was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron...

4 More Arrested in Daring Louvre Heist

Audacious heist took just 8 minutes to pull off

(Newser) - The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with the stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in October by a gang that made off with $102 million worth of jewels in just eight minutes, the AP reports. The two men and two women taken into custody are from...

At the Louvre Post-Heist, 'It's Time for Action'

Paris museum is boosting its security with 100 cameras, anti-intruder systems

(Newser) - The head of the Louvre said on Wednesday that new surveillance cameras and anti-intrusion systems will soon be installed at the Paris landmark after last month's stunning crown jewels heist. The cameras—some 100 of them—will be up and running by the end of next year, while anti-intrusion...

Louvre's Surveillance Password Was Just ... Louvre

Museum's security has come under scrutiny after heist

(Newser) - The password for the Louvre Museum's video surveillance system was just the word "Louvre" when a daring $102 million jewel heist took place last month, according to a museum employee who spoke to ABC News . The revelation adds to questions about the museum's security after thieves made...

Louvre Thieves 'Surely Were Not Ocean's Eleven'

In the movie, 'you don't get caught'

(Newser) - A brazen daylight raid on the Louvre last month was initially seen as a heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven, but prosecutors say the thieves weren't the criminal masterminds they initially seemed to be. The suspects, all from the northern suburbs of Paris and described by prosecutors as "...

Police Arrest 5 More Linked to Louvre Heist

France's crown jewels remain missing

(Newser) - French authorities have arrested five more people in connection with the daring heist at the Louvre that saw more than $100 million in crown jewels vanish. One of the newly detained suspects is believed to have been at the scene, according to Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau, who spoke to RTL...

Prosecutor: Louvre Suspects Gave 'Partial' Admission

Prosecutors had faced a late Wednesday deadline

(Newser) - The two suspects arrested Saturday in connection with the Louvre jewel heist have "partially" admitted their participation and are believed to be the men who forced their way into the world's most visited museum, a Paris prosecutor said Wednesday. Laure Beccuau told a news conference that the two...

Police Make Arrests in Heist at the Louvre

At least two suspects detained, one of them at the airport, say authorities

(Newser) - The details are still developing, but French authorities have made arrests in last weekend's incredible heist at the Louvre, reports CNN . What's known so far:
  • French media say two suspects, both around age 30, were detained on Saturday evening, per the BBC .
  • The Paris prosecutor's office says
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Cops Get a Break in Louvre Heist

DNA evidence found in discarded helmet, glove

(Newser) - French police investigating the theft of $102 million in jewels from the Louvre have found a potential break in the case. Police told ABC News that DNA evidence was found in a helmet and a glove discarded by the thieves after the Sunday heist. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said Thursday...

Lift Maker Turns Louvre Heist Into Viral Ad Campaign

'When you need to move fast,' says a new slogan from German company

(Newser) - It's a new contender for the funniest—or at least timeliest—ad of the year. The German company whose furniture lift was used in last weekend's audacious heist at the Louvre is out with a new advertising campaign that's quickly going viral, reports the Guardian . "When...

Louvre Director Says Her Resignation Wasn't Accepted

She admits 'terrible failure' in testimony to lawmakers about jewel heist

(Newser) - The director of the Louvre said Wednesday that she submitted her resignation after Sunday's jewel heist but France's culture minister refused to accept it. Laurence des Cars, testifying to the French Senate, admitted that there had been a "terrible failure" at the Paris museum and she takes...

Smarting Over Daylight Heist, the Louvre Reopens

French Crown Jewels remain missing 3 days after the brazen theft

(Newser) - The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century. The thieves slipped in and out of the famed museum—making off with eight pieces from France's Crown Jewels—a cultural wound that...

Experts Fear Louvre Jewels Are Lost Forever

Prosecutor says stolen jewels are worth $102M, not including historical value

(Newser) - A Paris prosecutor said Tuesday that crown jewels stolen in a dramatic weekend Louvre heist were worth an estimated 88 million euros, or $102 million, but that the monetary estimate doesn't include their historical value to France. Prosecutor Laure Beccuau, whose office is leading the investigation, said about 100...

A Well-Placed Ladder Was Key to Daring Louvre Heist

It's now a 'race against time' to recover priceless jewelry

(Newser) - New details have surfaced on how burglars pulled off an incredible daylight heist at the Louvre over the weekend, one that El Pais notes is already being labeled the "theft of the century:"
  • Four thieves were involved in the Sunday morning caper. Authorities say they used a truck
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Thieves Pull Off Daring Jewel Heist at the Louvre

Nine historic pieces missing after seven-minute museum theft in Paris

(Newser) - Jewel thieves pulled off a heist at the Louvre worthy of the movies on Sunday. Three intruders broke into the world-famous museum in Paris around the time it opened and made off with nine priceless pieces of antique jewelry that once belonged to Napoleon and French royalty, reports Forbes . It...

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