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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…

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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.

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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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Tourists in Paris Lament Construction Works

Tourists can finally flock to Paris after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic but many are frustrated by the construction works spoiling views of famous sights such as the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral. Monuments including the Louvre museum and Grand Palais are covered with scaffolding, wooden fencing or…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Eiffel Tower trees 'saved' but arborist carries on hunger strike

A French arborist camping out in a 200-year-old plane tree at the foot of the Eiffel Tower has got Paris to row back on a development project that endangers dozens of trees. But Thomas Brail is staying on hunger strike until he gets government assurances to better protect trees nationwide.…

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Who will save Gustav Eiffel’s centuries-old plane trees?

Arborist Thomas Brail has set up camp in a 200-year-old plane tree – one of three ancient trees once protected by Gustav Eiffel but which are now threatened by a project to develop tourist facilities around the Eiffel Tower.

Radio France Internationale

Liverpool fans heard singing from top of Eiffel Tower

Fans were heard belting out Allez Allez Allez from the top of the iconic monument

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Liverpool fans turn Paris red as thousands arrive for Champions League Final

Fans took over Paris' bistros, pubs and even the Eiffel Tower

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool fans chant Virgil Van Dijk's song at the Eiffel Tower

As thousands of fans arrived in Paris they took to the Eiffel Tower to have a drink, sing and dance

Liverpool Echo

Going underground: The ins and outs of the Paris metro

We focus on one of the most iconic features of life in the French capital: not the Eiffel Tower or Notre-Dame Cathedral, but the Paris underground metro network. How has it evolved since it was first inaugurated 120 years ago? And how is it dealing with current challenges like the…

France 24

Tourists return to Paris post-pandemic but Asians, Americans stay away

On a sunny afternoon this week, Eli Mwenda happily snapped pictures of his sister Rebekah Mithinji by the Eiffel Tower, two of many tourists enjoying a long overdue break in Paris after freezing holiday plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

Vahe Gregorian: Brace yourselves: 2023 NFL draft likely most-attended event in Kansas City history

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you watched the NFL draft on Thursday night from Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, you saw the Bellagio fountains and the Vegas version of the Eiffel Tower and draftees taking an endless walk through a playing card-themed tunnel to the stage.

Tribune News Service

Pro-EU 'Monsieur Europe' Emmanuel Macron re-elected: Europe reacts

It was a French election, to elect a French president. But Emmanuel Macron took to the stage below the quintessentially French Eiffel Tower on April 24 for his victory speech to the sound of the European anthem, Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". He told his supporters that their fellow electors had…

France 24

#EiffelTowerDay: Proof that TV celebs love Eiffel Tower

Today is Eiffel Tower appreciation day! And just like everyone across the globe is happy to visit the tower of love, our TV celebs too love travelling to the Eiffel tower. Here is proof…

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Best hotels in Paris: where to stay for luxury and location

Parisian chic doesn't have to cost the earth, as our France expert shows

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The effects on France from the Ukrainian invasion

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the specific effects on France due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There’s an Eiffel Tower mini-history lesson, The Sound Kitchen mailbag, "Music from Erwan", and of course, the new quiz question. Just click on the “Audio”…

Irish Mirror

The Eiffel Tower has just got six metres taller - here's how and why

The Eiffel Tower grew 6 metres (19.69 ft) on Tuesday after a new digital radio antenna was attached to the top

Daily Mirror

Eiffel Tower grows for fourth time in 133-year history as it reaches an extra 20ft

France's iconic Eiffel Tower already stands out against the Paris skyline but now the landmark has become even taller thanks to a new update

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The Eiffel Tower grows even higher, thanks to new antenna

The Eiffel Tower has grown by six meters (nearly 20 feet) after engineers hoisted a new communications antenna at the very top of France’s most iconic landmark

Reuters

Eiffel Tower grows six metres after new antenna attached

The Eiffel Tower grew 6 metres (19.69 ft) on Tuesday after a new digital radio antenna was attached to the top of the Paris monument.

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Victorian government reveals design for Melbourne's answer to Eiffel Tower

The National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary site will be located adjacent to the current NGV site and is scheduled for completion in 2028.

Glasgow Live

The incredible Glasgow mega-chimney that was the tallest in the world

Rising an incredible 454 feet in the air, the Port Dundas chimney was the tallest on the planet and weighed as much as the Eiffel Tower.

Radio France Internationale

India is building world’s highest rail bridge in Kashmir, 35 meters taller than Eiffel Tower

India is puttingthe final touches to the world’s highest rail bridge in Kashmir that was first attempted by the British in 1898. The arched project will dwarf the Eiffel Tower in Paris and a lofty Chinese bridge which now holds the world title.

Wales Online

Legoland offers once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for one family to have their home replicated in Miniland

The plot is located near Leeds Castle and has stunning views of the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Cœur

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Eiffel Tower to project colours of Ukraine's national flag

The Eiffel Tower in Paris will be illuminated with the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag over the weekend in a show of solidarity with Kyiv after the invasion by Russian forces.

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