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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A strike by French museum workers continued today, with the Louvre and Versailles Palace remaining closed for a second day. The strike, which began almost two weeks ago at the modern art Pompidou Center , spread this week, also shutting the Musee d’Orsay with its 19th-century Impressionist art, the Sainte- Chapelle with its medieval stained-glass windows, and the Arc de ...
Think of the historic wine regions of France. Now think of them airlifted approximately 620 miles north, to, say, southern Scandinavia. That is what could happen to the wine industry under a worst-case-scenario projection by scientists at the University of Burgundy.
Main Paris museums, including Pompidou and d'Orsay, closed due to strike; Louvre partially hit
Paris Museums, Including Pompidou And D'Orsay, Closed Due To Strike; Louvre Partially Hit
PARIS (AP).- French police detained 12 people in a sweep of a respected Paris auction house Wednesday after finding a stolen Courbet painting worth euro900,000 ($1.3 million) at an employee's house.
Louvre, Pompidou Center and Orsay museums in Paris are closed; tourists are frustrated
Jackson Cocciolone, a fifth-grader at Harbor Country Day School in St. James, beat 4,000 contestants for the grand prize in a tri-state contest sponsored by the French Embassy in Manhattan that invited students to create a work of art to honor the Eiffel Tower's 120th anniversary. The prize: a trip for two to Paris.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- France’s CAC 40 Index added 37.60, or 1 percent, to 3,833.52 at 9:34 a.m. in Paris, gaining for a third day. The SBF 120 Index also increased 1 percent.
Paris - The lower house of the French parliament, the National Assembly, approved Tuesday a bill calling for the construction of 130 kilometres of automatic metro lines around Paris. The metro network is to comprise some 40 stations and is intended t...
France and Germany refused US requests to immediately promise extra combat troops for Afghanistan, frustrating President Barack Obama's hopes that more allies would bolster his troop surge.
France’s first Six Senses urban well-being sanctuary - Six Senses rue de Castiglione, introduces a Parisian interpretation of the world-renowned Six Senses urban sanctuary. Scheduled to open late December 2009, the facility is splendidly located close to the famous Rue St Honore, the Jardin des Tuileries and the Louvre.
LENS, France — It's an abandoned coal mining site in a depressed corner of northern France tha...
Fifty dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet astounded museum-goers Sunday when they suddenly emerged from the crowd under the Louvre's glass pyramid entrance and started strutting their stuff.
France players welcomed a favorable World Cup draw Friday for their team, which was not seeded but avoided tough opponents for its group matches at next year's tournament. France, which won the World Cup in 1998 and played the 2006 final, will face host country South Africa, Mexico and Uruguay in Group A. "I've heard about two or three groups far more difficult than our pool," Lyon striker ...
Last night, Paris Hilton put on her best Santa costume and went out to promote her new fragrance, Siren, at Macy's Glendale Galleria. We all wear Santa costumes out in public during...
Paris - The French government is considering augmenting its operational strength to fight the Taliban insurgency, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said Wednesday, following US President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Af...
