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The Grand Egyptian Museum finally opens – what took so long?

The Man Who Pays His Way: The builders have reached the finish line for Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum, and now the race to the past begins

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025

French minister gives Louvre security update following crown jewel heist

The thieves fled with eight crown jewel pieces within minutes

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025

Louvre heist highlights thorny issue for museums: How to secure art without becoming fortresses

Many museums began reassessing security after the stunning jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025

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Inside the $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum as 50,000 artifacts go on display from Tutankhamun to Khufu’s solar boat

The building, as big as Vatican City with a collection larger than the Louvre, has been in the making for over 30 years and is finally set to formally open in November, Maira Butt writes

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Thief invited by Louvre to appear on podcast warned of security lapses

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The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Now former thief claims he warned Louvre bosses security was inadequate

Former thief issued warning when Louvre invited him to appear on a podcast

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025

How a Louvre security guard found £10m crown after jewel heist

A Louvre security guard has described how he found a £10m royal crown on the floor outside the museum, after four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building in broad daylight.

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025

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'We All Wanted Them To Win': Fans Outraged As Police Catch Alleged Louvre Heist Masterminds

Two men have been detained in the investigation into the 19 October theft of crown jewels from the Louvre; prosecutors cite DNA evidence and warn the missing pieces may have been moved abroad.

International Business Times UK · Oct 27, 2025

Most Romantic Crime in Paris? Here's Why TikTok Users Are Obsessed With the Louvre Crown Jewel Heist

Two men have been arrested after a $100 million Louvre Museum crown jewel heist that stunned Paris — and TikTok users have turned the crime into an unlikely online obsession.

International Business Times UK · Oct 27, 2025

Morning Mail: ATO’s private debt collector, questions over Pine Gap’s role in Gaza war, Louvre heist suspects arrested

More than 355,000 taxpayers referred to debt collector by ATO; Australia’s complicity in Gaza war scrutinized; French police arrest two men after Louvre theft

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2025

Louvre heist: Two arrested after week-long manhunt following high-profile jewellery theft

The suspects are thought to be part of a criminal network who used a cherry picker to climb through a window in the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2025

George Clooney wants Louvre heist in Ocean's 14

George Clooney thinks Ocean's 14 should take inspiration from real-life events and feature a heist at the Louvre.

BANG Premier · Oct 26, 2025

The Louvre secretly transfers part of jewellery collection to underground Bank of France vault

Last week, eight crown jewels were stolen from the world-famous museum in Paris, which sparked public outrage and raised questions over museum security.

Euronews · Oct 25, 2025

Louvre museum director wants in-house police station to prevent smash and grab raids

At a Senate hearing, Louvre director Laurence des Cars detailed failures in the Paris museum's security and also confirmed that she had offered to resign but the move was rejected by Culture Minister Rachida Dati.

Euronews · Oct 23, 2025

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Radio France Internationale · Oct 23, 2025

Louvre chief Des Cars admits 'terrible failure' at museum during jewel heist

Louvre Museum director Laurence des Cars has admitted a "terrible failure" after thieves cut through a window and stole jewellery worth nearly €90 million. She said she takes responsibility for weaknesses in security that allowed the gang to strike on Sunday morning.

International Business Times · Oct 22, 2025

Louvre Director Admits 'Insufficient' Camera Coverage After Heist

The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist.

International Business Times UK · Oct 22, 2025

Did Kim Kardashian's Robbers Strike Again? Louvre Jewel Heist Theory Baffles Investigators

A brazen daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris has triggered comparisons with the infamous Kim Kardashian robbery, reviving questions about elite thieves and museum security.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025

Louvre jewel heist: other daring art thefts from the museum

How the Guardian reported the stealing of art works from the Paris museum including the Mona Lisa in 1911

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The Conversation · Oct 21, 2025

Louvre heist: five keys to understanding the robbery – and security threats to museums everywhere

On Sunday October 19, criminals managed to steal eight pieces of extremely valuable jewellery from the Louvre Museum’s Gallery of Apollo, in Paris. The robbery highlights long-standing issues for criminology in the field of cultural heritage, as museum security has to address traditional and emerging threats as well as a…

The Conversation · Oct 21, 2025

Louvre heist: the turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewellery and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre’s gilded Gallery of Apollo in Paris. The theft of these items from one of the world’s most…

International Business Times UK · Oct 21, 2025

What Will The Louvre Thieves Do With Their Priceless Loot? Shocking Plan Revealed

A daring seven-minute heist at Paris's Louvre Museum left France reeling as thieves escaped with royal jewels worth millions. Experts now fear the priceless loot could vanish forever. Here's what might happen to the stolen treasures.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025

No Chardins? No Leonardos? We’re lucky the Louvre raiders had dreadful taste in art

The philistine thieves skipped the museum’s real treasures in favour of dull royal knick-knacks. Was the French interior minister serious when he talked about their ‘immeasurable heritage value’?

Euronews · Oct 20, 2025

Louvre remains closed after daring daylight robbery shocks Paris

People queued outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday, hoping it would reopen a day after a daring daylight robbery forced its closure.

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025

Russia inflicts terror on Ukrainian soil while Trump toys with Zelensky over giving up land

NEWS ANALYSIS: Donald Trump suggests Ukraine should give up Donetsk province or risk being ‘destroyed’ by Vladimir Putin. He is wrong. Russia is making brutal, but only incremental, advances at an immense cost, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025

Jewels stolen from the Louvre include imperial crowns and necklaces

Jewels stolen from Paris’ Louvre Museum in a daring heist include a crown worn by Empress Eugenie, a brooch of Empress Eugenie, and a crown worn by Queen Marie-Amelie

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