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Paris, the French capital, is home to the world’s most-visited museum, the Louvre. But the news is that the museum is all set to hike its entry fee from 2026; but the catch here is that the new rule will be applicable only to Non-EU visitors. This means, travellers coming from non-European nations would have…
Paris prosecutor on Tuesday announced four more arrests linked to the major jewellery heist at the Louvre Museum in October, where a gang escaped with jewels worth $102 million. Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the two men and two women arrested are from the Paris region and are between 31 and 40 years old. Her statement…
Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux (inset) at Louvre entrance in Paris on Oct 19 PARIS: When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realized an Associated Press photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself. Quite…
Soldiers patrol in the courtyard of the Louvre museum after the heist French authorities have filed preliminary charges against four individuals in connection with the theft of crown jewels worth $102 million from the Louvre Museum, with investigators still searching for a fifth suspect believed to be the mastermind behind the heist.According to Paris prosecutor…
A 38-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the high-profile jewel heist at the Louvre Museum, news agency AFP reported.France was brought to a halt on October 19 after jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) were stolen from the Lourve museam. The robbers forced open a window, cut into cases with power…
Five new suspects were arrested in connection with the Lourve Museam heist that shocked France in early October, French prosecutors announced on Thursday.“We had him in our sights,” Laure Beccuau said of the main suspect.She added that that none of the loot worth an estimated $102 million had been found. France was brought to a…
French authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the high-profile theft of France’s crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre Museum, officials confirmed on Sunday. The arrests come a week after the dramatic heist, in which thieves made off with royal artifacts worth an estimated 88 million euros (102 million dollars), leaving the world’s most-visited museum…
Two suspects have been arrested in the $100 million Louvre jewel theft, one week after what has been termed as the “heist of the century”, French media outlet Le Parisien reported on Sunday.The stolen items consisted of a sapphire diadem, a necklace, and one earring from a set associated with 19th-century Queens Marie-Amelie and Hortense.What…
Louvre museum thieves caught on camera escaping with the jewels. A video has emerged showing two thieves calmly escaping the Louvre Museum in Paris with an estimated €88 million (£76 million) worth of France’s crown jewels — in what is being described as one of the country’s most spectacular heists in decades.The 36-second clip, verified…
The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, was targeted by thieves on Sunday, October 19, when they stole historic jewellery valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) in broad daylight.The heist was described as a “terrible failure” for the museum by Louvre Director Laurence des Cars, who has subsequently offered to resign. Caught on Camera: Louvre…
