The Louvre has fallen victim to an alleged multinational counterfeit ticketing ring that defrauded the museum of millions over a decade, prosecutors say. At least nine people were arrested in Paris ...

Rooms in the Denon Wing were also closed on Friday due to a water leak as the famed Paris museum's woes deepen. Visitors queue in front of the Pyramide du Louvre, designed by Chinese-US architect I.M.

PARIS—For years, guides who escorted Chinese tourists through the Louvre were using the same ticket for multiple people in their groups, French authorities said. They weren’t caught because museum ...

Nine people have been detained in connection with a suspected decade-long ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre, the world's most visited museum, Paris prosecutors announced on Thursday. The alleged ...

The burst water pipe is the latest in a string of setbacks for Louvre managers that have affected the museum's daily operations since the theft of France's historic Crown Jewels last October. There's ...

It’s been a rough few months for the Louvre: Recurring staff strikes, a high-profile jewel heist, building maintenance issues and, now, the revelation of a massive, long-running scam that officials ...

A water leak struck the Louvre Museum's Denon gallery on Thursday evening, affecting an area displaying valuable paintings but sparing Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa. A spokesperson for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view shows the Porte des Lions, the new public entrance to the renovated Denon wing (Aile Denon) at the Louvre Museum in Paris, ...

There's no respite it seems for staff at the world's most famous museum. It's emerged that a painted ceiling, dating from 1819, was damaged by a leak on Thursday night. Water from a heating supply ...

Nine people have been indicted as part of the investigation into a major ticketing scam at the Louvre, estimated to have cost the world's most visited museum more than €10 million, the Paris public ...

The Louvre Museum, home of the ‘Mona Lisa,’ has a new director. Art historian Christophe Leribault, a veteran museum director, was chosen Wednesday to steer the world's largest museum out of crisis.

The breakaway prevailed on stage 1 of the Tour de la Provence as Arnaud Tendon (Van Rysel-Roubaix) oupaced Mattia Bais (Polti-VisitMalta) to the line just metres ahead of the peloton in Saint-Victoret ...