Laurence des Cars, the Louvre's president and director, is set to testify about the heist before the French Senate's Culture, Education and Sport Committee on Oct. 22.

By Gabriel Stargardter, Juliette Jabkhiro and Elissa Darwish PARIS (Reuters) -Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while police often catch the thieves,

French stocks set an all-time high as strong corporate earnings offset concerns about the country’s political turmoil and its credit outlook.

A major German private art collection accumulated over four generations is going on large-scale show for the first time in Berlin.

A Russian court freed a French cyclist on Thursday after finding him guilty of illegally crossing the Russian border, state news agency RIA reported.

Amova Asset Management has been snapping up French government bonds, betting the country is “too big to fail” even as ratings companies slash its credit score.

France is in its worst political crisis in decades as a succession of minority governments seek to push deficit-reducing budgets.