Topic: Nicolas Sarkozy

The Louvre, Notre Dame cathedral, Versailles chateau and a host of other top tourist attractions across France could shut next week due to strike action over planned job cuts, unions warned Friday. A strike has already kept the landmark Pompidou modern art ...
The Louvre, the world?s most visited museum, the chateau of Versailles and a host of other top French tourist sites could shut next week due to strike action over planned job cuts, unions warned Friday. A strike has already shut down the ...

French experts see "univeralism" in Arab Louvre

ABU DHABI (Reuters Life!) - A controversial branch of the Louvre museum which rights activists say is being built by exploited Asian labor will promote "universalism" and a new multi-cultural harmony, French curators say. President Nicolas Sarkozy inaugurated construction of the Abu ...
France's national museums to stop charging admission to visitors under 25French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the country's national museums and monuments will soon stop charging admission to visitors under 25. Sarkozy says the measure will go into effect April 4. Sarkozy didn't ...

French museums to go free for under-25s

All French youths under 25 are to get free entry to public museums and monuments, from the Louvre to the Chateau de Versailles, under measures unveiled by President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday. In a New Year's address to the arts world, Sarkozy ...