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Paris Olympics 2024: Police to crack down on crime near Eiffel Tower before Olympic Games

Paris police will clean up the tourist area of Paris before 2024’s Olympic Games, after a recent increase in crime.

Evening Standard

French baguette voted onto UN World Cultural Heritage list

The baguette – a mix of wheat flour, water, yeast, salt and a pinch of savoir-faire, and as much a symbol of France as the Eiffel Tower – has gained UNESCO recognition as the UN body on Wednesday voted to include the "artisanal know-how and culture of baguette bread" on…

France 24

Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots likened to ‘clitoris in trainers’

Pair of red triangular Phryges meant to represent floppy conical hats linked to French Revolution

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Influencers slammed for stripping down to bikinis by Eiffel Tower

Taking semi-nude photos at landmarks is illegal, police told the women

The Independent UK

Europe’s top 10 most popular attractions with two UK destinations making the list

The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, Sagrada Familia, and Colosseum and Roman Forum, have all featured on a list of the best landmarks in Europe

Daily Mirror

Tourist trappings: why we all love a tacky souvenir fridge magnet

Miniature clogs, pretzel paperweights, tiny cathedrals… What do our kitsch holiday mementoes tell us about modern tourism – and ourselves?

The Guardian - UK

Eiffel Tower to go dark earlier, as Paris moves to save energy because of Ukraine war

Lights on the landmark monument will soon be turned off an hour earlier at night as the French capital faces risks of power shortages, rationing and blackouts as a result of the war.

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Eiffel Tower to go dark earlier as Paris saves energy

Paris will start turning off lights on the Eiffel Tower and other iconic monuments to save energy

The Independent UK

Eiffel Tower’s lights to be turned off an hour early as Paris bids to save energy

The Eiffel Tower is currently illuminated until 1am by a lighting system that lends it a golden glow

Evening Standard

Lights out early for Eiffel Tower as Paris saves energy

Paris will switch off the Eiffel Tower's lights an hour earlier than normal, lower the water temperature in municipal pools and delay heating public buildings to save energy this winter, the city's mayor said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Energy crisis to cast Eiffel Tower into early darkness

Paris city hall expected to propose cutting back lighting of monument by more than an hour a day

The Guardian - UK

VIDEO: Ciryl Gane, Tai Tuivasa strike a shoey pose at Eiffel Tower ahead of UFC Paris

Watch UFC Fight Night 209 headliners Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa face off in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Manchin's small step a big leap for mankind

On a celebratory night in late 2016, the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower were lit up in green to remind the world to implement the Paris climate agreement. Yet in recent years, climate legislation in the United States has been stuck at a red light, most recently because…

Bangkok Post

A single-atom thick material could make a 127-year-old space travel idea a reality

This proposal was inspired by his visit to Paris in 1895, where he witnessed the Eiffel Tower for the first time (construction had finished in 1889).

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Women's Tour de France cyclists prepare for the 'Grand Départ'

Female cyclists are getting ready for the "Grand Départ" of the women's Tour de France, which will set off from the foot of the Eiffel Tower on Sunday.

Daily Mirror

Alarming animation shows rapid rate paper coffee cups are bought in the UK

Over 100 paper cups are bought every second - with the pile stacking up as high as the Eiffel Tower in just half a minute

Daily Mirror

‘Rusty’ Eiffel Tower is ‘crumbling’ as Paris landmark in urgent need of repair

Calls to mend the Eiffel Tower have been repeatedly ignored and now, reports claim the famous Parisian landmark may 'crumble' if it is not urgently repaired

The Independent UK

Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in urgent need of repair

Cracks plague the famous monument, according to reports

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Rusting Eiffel Tower in worrying state of repair, reports warn

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs but is getting only a cosmetic, if costly, paint job ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to several leaked reports cited by French media.

Evening Standard

Fears €60m repaint won’t save ‘rusting’ Eiffel Tower

The Paris structure was only intended to stand 20 years and now faces an uncertain future

Wales Online

Eiffel Tower riddled with rust and in need of total repair, says leaked report

The tower is about to get a new coat of paint, but just 5% of the structure will be covered

Daily Mirror

David and Victoria Beckham celebrate 23rd wedding anniversary in Paris with 'special' wine

David and Victoria Beckham got dressed up for a candlelit dinner overlooking the Eiffel Tower, with the former footballer, 47, splashing out on a "special" bottle of red wine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rusting Eiffel Tower in Need of Full Repairs, Reports Say

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The wrought-iron 324-meter (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave…

Reuters

Rusting Eiffel Tower in need of full repairs, reports say

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne.

Reuters

Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership

In Kosovo, which has been waiting for visa-free travel to the European Union since 2010, a restaurant owner has erected a large replica of France's famed Eiffel Tower for its diners.

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