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The Louvre has reopened — here’s what the investigation has found so far – National TenX News
The Louvre has reopened just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century that stunned the world.
Thieves slipped in and out of the museum in a brazen daylight heist that lasted less than eight minutes on Sunday, stealing eight items from two high-security display cases, the Ministry of Culture confirmed.
The robbery, which took place steps from the Mona Lisa and involved items valued at more than $100 million, has put France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Louvre chief Laurence des Cars under fresh scrutiny. It comes just months after the museum’s workers went on strike, warning of chronic understaffing and under-resourced protections, with too few eyes on too many rooms.
Latest details on the investigation
Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said expert analyses are underway and that four people have been identified partaking in the robbery. The prosecutor added that a team of about 100 investigators have been assigned to the crime, and authorities are analyzing fingerprints discovered at thescene.
Detectives are continuing to analyze video camera footage from around the museum as well as main highways in Paris for signs of the robbers, who escaped on motorbikes.
The jewels remain missing and the thieves are still at large after they used a powered, extendable ladder to get into the second-floor Galerie d’Apollon (Apollo’s Gallery) housing the crown jewels, officials said.
The intruders forced open a window, cut panes with a disc cutter and went straight for the glass display cases, officials said.
The heist took place about 30 minutes after the museum opened, with visitors already inside, and unfolded just 250 metres from the famed Mona Lisa.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the crew entered from outside using a cherry picker via the riverfront facade to reach the hall with the 23-item royal collection.
The thieves smashed two display cases with an angle grinder and fled on motorbikes, Nunez said. Alarms brought Louvre agents to the room, forcing the intruders to bolt, but the theft was already done.
Beccuau said that the thieves threatened museum guards with the angle grinder they used to break into the jewelry cases before they fled.
Jewels stolen worth more than $100 million
Beccuau valued the haul at about €102 million, a “spectacular” figure that still fails to capture the works’ historical weight.
Thieves stole eight items from two high-security display cases, including pieces that belonged to Empress Marie-Louise, who was the wife of French Emperor Napoleon I, and others that belonged to Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III.
She warned the thieves would be unlikely to get anything close to that sum if they pry out stones or melt the metals — a fate curators fear would pulverize centuries of meaning into anonymous gems for the black market.
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“We can perhaps hope that they’ll think about this and won’t destroy these jewels without rhyme or reason,” she said.
“It is important to remember that this damage is an economic damage, but it is nothing compared to the historical damage caused by this theft,” Beccuau said in an interview with RTL radio.
Thieves attempted to steal Empress Eugénie’s emerald-set imperial crown, containing more than 1,300 diamonds, but it was later found outside the museum, French authorities said. It was reportedly recovered broken.
This picture shows the crown of the Empress of the French Eugénie de Montijo displayed at Apollon’s Gallery on January 14, 2020, at the Louvre museum in Paris after the reopening of the Gallery following 10 months of renovations.
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The French government will not be compensated for the stolen art. Those at private museums in Paris are usually covered by private insurance, a government spokesperson said Tuesday, according to the New York Times. But in the case of the Louvre, “that state acts as its own insurer.”
The pieces were not insured, according to France’s culture ministry, which it says is not uncommon “given the cost of taking out insurance” and the fact that “the accident rate is low.”
The Louvre’s management defended the quality of the display cases that housed the stolen jewels.
“The Louvre Museum affirms that the display cases installed in December 2019 represented a considerable step forward in terms of security, given the degree of obsolescence of the old equipment, which would have led, without replacement, to the works being removed from public view,” the management team told AFP.
Questions about Louvre’s security overhaul
The Louvre’s director Laurence des Cars faced questioning by a cultural committee at the French Senate on Wednesday amid questions over the security at the world’s most visited museum.
A few minutes before the hearing, Jacques Grosperrin, vice-president of the Senate’s culture committee, said they would be asking des Cars why she wanted to resign following the aftermath of the heist.
“Why did she want to resign? I understand that she submitted her resignation to the Minister of Culture, who refused it. If she wanted to resign, it was because she felt responsible, guilty, I don’t know, but responsible,” he said, before adding, “I think she should have asked the Minister of Culture for her resignation.”
Des Cars, the first woman to lead the Louvre since May 2021, began her speech by saying that she “wanted to re-establish some truths.”
“I have faced all my responsibilities. I have seen my name thrown to the wolves, I have seen malicious press articles spread and false information flourish,” she said, according to the newspaper Le Parisien.
She confirmed that she had submitted her resignation to the Minister of Culture, which was declined.
“Last Sunday, after having observed alongside the Minister of Culture and the Minister of the Interior the consequences of the terrible attack we had just suffered, I offered my resignation to the Minister of Culture. She refused,” des Cars revealed.
Laurence des Cars, director of Le Louvre museum, poses before a hearing at the Culture commission of the Senate, three days after historic jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 in Paris.
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She went on to say that she wanted to “provide objective and well-founded insights into the safety of the collections house in the Louvre.”
“Despite our efforts, despite our hard work every day, we have been defeated,” she said, adding that since 2021, she has continued to “draw the attention of our national representation and the media to the state of degradation and general obsolescence of the Louvre, its building and its infrastructure.”
She also explained that the museum’s security relies on equipment, “but these resources are not enough without trained teams and well-applied procedures.”
“On this subject, over the past 10 years, the museum has seen a decline in its surveillance and security staff. Under my presidency, these staff numbers have not decreased. Since 2022, they have increased by 5.5 per cent, ” she added.
Des Cars said that during Sunday’s robbery, Louvre agents “were not armed” and that they “followed the security protocol with responsiveness, precision and composure.”
“Thanks to their professionalism, no one was injured. In this nightmare, no human life was affected,” she added.
Minister of Culture Rachida Dati told France’s National Assembly that there had been no failure in the museum’s security arrangements.
“The Louvre Museum is much more than the largest museum in the world. It is the showcase of French culture and our shared heritage,” she said.
“The Louvre’s security measures were not faulty, that’s a fact. The Louvre Museum’s security measures worked,” she said, adding that she launched an administrative investigation “which will provide a fully transparent account of the events that occurred last Sunday.”
Macron urged ministers to ensure security was tightened at the Louvre after the thieves snatched the jewels.
In a cabinet meeting, the president said “security measures were being deployed for the Louvre and requested a speeding up of these measures,” France 24 reports.
All this comes after Macron announced new measures in January for the Louvre — complete with a new command post and expanded camera grid that the culture ministry says is being rolled out.
In June, a staff walkout over overcrowding and chronic understaffing delayed the opening. Unions argue that mass tourism has resulted in too few eyes on too many rooms and creates pressure points where construction zones, freight access and visitor flows intersect.
On Wednesday, the Louvre’s other star attractions — from the Venus de Milo to the Winged Victory of Samothrace — were open again. But the Apollo Gallery housing the Crown Diamonds stayed sealed, with a folding screen obscuring the doorway at the gallery’s rotunda entrance.
— With files from The Associated Press
A trip to the world’s most-visited museum is about to cost Canadians significantly more.
France has hiked ticket prices at the Louvre by 45 per cent for visitors from outside the European Union, a move that is fuelling debate over so-called dual pricing and the growing backlash against overtourism.
Starting this week, adult visitors from non-EU countries, including Canada, must pay €32 to enter the Paris landmark, up from €22. That’s an increase from about $35 to $52 Canadian.
Visitors from EU countries, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, will continue to pay the lower rate.
The price hike comes as the Louvre grapples with repeated labour strikes, a high-profile daylight jewel heist last October that prompted a costly security overhaul, and years of chronic overcrowding. The museum attracts roughly nine million visitors annually.
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Some Canadian tourists told Global News they feel unfairly targeted.
“We didn’t cause the robberies or some of the other issues that happened and we are paying the consequences,” said Allison Moore, visiting Paris from Newfoundland with her daughter. “[In] Canada we don’t discriminate over pricing like that.”
Others argue tourists already shoulder higher costs simply by travelling long distances.
“In general for tourists, I think things should be a little cheaper than for local people, because we have to travel to come all the way here,” said Darla Daniela Quiroz, another Canadian visitor. “It should be equal pricing, or a little bit cheaper.”
Even some Europeans question the two-tiered system. A French tourist interviewed outside the museum said there was “no reason” to charge non-Europeans more and that the fee should be the same for everyone.
Tourism experts say the Louvre’s financial pressures help explain the decision.
“The Louvre is really cash-strapped right now and needs to do something,” said Marion Joppe, a professor at the University of Guelph. “It can’t really look to the government, which is already struggling with its own budget.”
The move also reflects a broader global pushback against mass tourism. Anti-tourism protests have spread across parts of Spain, New Zealand has increased its entry tax, and the United States recently raised national park fees for foreign visitors.
“You take Paris — it gets about 50 million tourists a year,” said Julian Karaguesian, an economist at McGill University. “That’s roughly a million a week. The city simply wasn’t built for those kinds of numbers.”
Despite the higher price, many visitors say they will still line up to see the Mona Lisa and other of the museum’s famous artworks.
“It’s one of the main attractions. It’s on everybody’s list,” Moore said. “We’re still going to go, and hopefully it will be worth it in the end.”
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Trump calls Canada-China deal ‘good thing’ as U.S. officials voice concern – National TenX News
Canada’s new trade deal with China is getting a mixed reaction in Washington, with U.S. President Donald Trump voicing support as administration officials warned Ottawa could regret allowing Chinese EVs into the Canadian market.
The deal signed with Beijing on Friday reverses course on 100 per cent tariffs Canada slapped on Chinese electric vehicles in 2024, which aligned with similar U.S. duties. Canada and China also agreed to reduce tariffs on canola and other products.
Asked about the deal by reporters at the White House, Trump said Prime Minister Mark Carney was doing the right thing.
“That’s what he should be doing. It’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that,” Trump said.
However, members of Trump’s cabinet expressed concern.
“I think they’ll look back at this decision and surely regret it to bring Chinese cars into their market,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at an event with other U.S. government officials at a Ford factory in Ohio to tout efforts to make vehicles more affordable.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters the limited number of vehicles would not impact American car companies exporting cars to Canada.
“I don’t expect that to disrupt American supply into Canada,” he said.
“Canada is so dependent on the United States for their GDP. Their entire population is crowded around our border for that reason. I’ll tell you one thing: if those cars are coming into Canada, they’re not coming here. That’s for sure.”
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Carney has said it’s necessary for Canada to improve trade ties and cooperation with China in light of Trump’s trade war and threats to let the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade expire.
The trade pact is up for review this summer, and Greer reiterated that the Trump administration wants to bring more auto manufacturing back to the U.S. and incentivize companies to do so.
Under the new deal with Beijing, Carney said he expects China will lower tariffs on its canola seed by March 1 to a combined rate of about 15 per cent.
Greer questioned that agreement in a separate CNBC interview.
“I think in the long run, they’re not going to like having made that deal,” he said.
He called the decision to allow Chinese EVs into Canada “problematic” and added: “There’s a reason why we don’t sell a lot of Chinese cars in the United States. It’s because we have tariffs to protect American auto workers and Americans from those vehicles.”
Greer said rules adopted last January on vehicles that are connected to the internet and navigation systems are a significant impediment to Chinese vehicles in the U.S. market.
“I think it would be hard for them to operate here,” Greer said. “There are rules and regulations in place in America about the cybersecurity of our vehicles and the systems that go into those, so I think it might be hard for the Chinese to comply with those kind of rules.”
Trump and officials like Greer have taken aim at Chinese attempts to enter the North American car market through Mexico by bypassing rules of origin under CUSMA.
The CUSMA review set for July is expected to address those loopholes that American and Canadian officials have said are being exploited by China.
Those concerns, which were also raised by the Biden administration, in part helped spur the steep tariffs on Chinese EVs, which are heavily subsidized by Beijing.
Trump, however, has also said he would like Chinese automakers to come to the United States to build vehicles.
Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers in the U.S. have expressed strong opposition to Chinese vehicles as major U.S. automakers warn China poses a threat to the U.S. auto sector.
Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno, a Republican, said at Friday’s event at the Ford plant that he was opposed to Chinese vehicles coming into the United States, and drew applause from the other government officials.
“As long as I have air in my body, there will not be Chinese vehicles sold the United States of America — period,” Moreno said.
—with files from Reuters
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trade mission to China is being framed as a win for British Columbia’s economy.
Carney announced a new deal with Beijing on electric vehicles and canola at the end of a high-profile trip on Friday.
“The inroads Canada has made this week are a sign that the government gets it and is showing Canadians and the world that we are open for business,” Alexa Young with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority said.
The trade deal would allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs into Canada yearly at a tariff rate of 6.1 per cent.
An expanded auto terminal on Annacis Island will be able to handle the additional volume of cars that could be more affordable than what is currently on the market, with prices expected to be under $40,000.
The New Car Dealers Association said in a statement to Global News that, “We look forward to reviewing the full details of this announcement and engaging constructively with governments to ensure that affordability, competition, and long-term market stability remain central considerations.”
In British Columbia, the overall reaction to the news on Friday is positive.
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“China’s economy is important,” Alex McMillan with the B.C. Chamber of Commerce said.
“Having trade deals like this — and diversifying our markets — is important. Providing certainty is important.”
There are concerns with the agreement, including privacy issues and China’s human rights record. But Ottawa’s goal is to double trade with partners outside the United States, which is a goal that would be impossible without China.
“We do want to see more trade and more diversification of our markets and know that China is an important nation and important economy, so having better trade relationships with them, I think overall is going to be good,” McMillan said.
–with files from The Canadian Press
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