Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Louvre

The Louvre seen tightening security with similar measures robbers took in October

The Louvre didn’t publicly comment about Tuesday’s security operation

The Independent UK

Louvre issues major update after staff strikes outside museum

Unions confirmed that the suspension of the walkout after five meetings with Culture Ministry officials

The Independent UK

Louvre partially reopens despite staff vote to carry on strike

The Louvre partially reopened on Wednesday despite staff voting unanimously to extend a strike over pay and working conditions, union representatives said.

Radio France Internationale

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Louvre closed as staff strike over working conditions, weeks after €88m jewel heist

Labour leaders said the strike vote was unanimous and it was not immediately clear whether the work stoppage will last longer than one day.

Euronews

Louvre museum closed as staff continue strike over working conditions

The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions and security failures at the Paris landmark, two months after a jewel heist.

Radio France Internationale

‘The last bastion before collapse’ – Louvre museum closed as workers begin strike

Crisis-hit Paris institution still reeling from jewel heist is in dispute over staffing, renovations and ticket price rises

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a mini Louvre’: two generations of Rothschilds fight over treasure trove of artworks

Baronesses Nadine and Ariane de Rothschild at odds over the future of Swiss chateau’s priceless contents

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Weak Password Mistakes Trigger Disastrous Hacks — Millions Affected Worldwide

Weak passwords are driving massive global data breaches. From the 16 billion credential leak to McDonald's, Yahoo, and even the Louvre Museum, experts warn that better password hygiene is essential. Here is what you can do.

International Business Times UK

Canberra Targeted In $10M Robbery Dubbed Australia’s ‘Version Of The Louvre Heist’

Four French men are accused of stealing watches, jewellery, and handbags from the affluent suburb of O’Malley in a heist-style burglary, before being arrested at... a KFC restaurant.

Pedestrian.tv

UK police appeal for information after 600 items stolen from Bristol museum in 'high value' raid

The Bristol robbery came just three weeks before a daring daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris which saw a gang make off with crown jewels worth an estimated €88 million.

Euronews

Louvre thieves escaped with just 30 seconds to spare, Senate inquiry finds

Thieves who stole over $100 million in crown jewels from the Louvre in October escaped with just 30 seconds to spare, according to a French Senate inquiry

The Independent UK

Louvre workers announce strike over work conditions and security after €88m heist

The robbers took less than eight minutes to force their way into the museum using a freight lift to reach one of the building’s windows and angle grinders to cut into jewellery display cases.

Euronews

Louvre Museum workers confirm strike action after $102M heist

Major unions say the museum is in ‘crisis’

The Independent UK

Water leak in Louvre damages hundreds of books in latest disaster for crisis-hit museum

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

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Marie Claire

11 Books About Art Heists That Are Almost as Thrilling as Raiding the Louvre

Obsessed with unsolved painting theft and the underbelly of the art world? Allow us to recommend your next read.

The Independent UK

From Zohran to Acetaminophen: the top mispronounced words of 2025

The theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre in October had many people mispronouncing the name of the world’s most-visited museum

The Independent UK

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

Radio France Internationale

Fourth suspected Louvre thief remanded as €88m jewels remain missing

A 39-year-old man suspected of taking part in the Louvre heist was remanded into custody on Tuesday, joining three others already in detention. French prosecutors said he is believed to be the fourth and final member of the masked gang accused of stealing jewels worth an estimated $102 million.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

A Louvre Museum burgling history

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the OTHER famous theft from the Louvre Museum. There are your answers to the bonus question on “The Listeners Corner”, and a tasty musical dessert on Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new…

Radio France Internationale

Louvre Museum to hike ticket price by 45 percent for non-EU visitors

Paris's Louvre Museum said it would raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, meaning American, British and Chinese tourists will be among those paying €32 for entry – an increase of €10 on the current admission price. Prices will also increase at four other establishments, including the Château de Versailles.

The Independent UK

Louvre hikes ticket prices weeks after art heist

It will help to pay for an overhaul of the historic building

Radio France Internationale

Police arrest four new suspects over Louvre royal jewels heist

French authorities have arrested four more people in the investigation into October's theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Four more people arrested in connection with Louvre heist

French media say those held include alleged final member of four-person gang who broke into museum

Euronews

Four more suspects arrested over Louvre jewellery heist, Paris prosecutors say

Two men and two women from the Paris region have been taken into custody in connection with the theft at the Louvre last month, prosecutors said.

Radio France Internationale

Louvre boss admits 'responsibility' and pledges security boost after jewel heist

The embattled head of Paris's Louvre Museum has promised a bigger police presence, including inside the museum, and security cameras to prevent future thefts, following last month's €87 million jewel heist.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.