Five days after the Louvre robbery in Paris, part of the museum's valuable jewelry collection was transferred to the Bank of France for safekeeping. The transfer took place under police escort, with the jewels placed in the bank's main vault at a depth of 26 meters.
French Culture Minister Rachida Dati announced a robbery at the Louvre, which led to the museum's closure for the entire day. It is currently unknown whether anything was stolen from the famous collection.
April 15 is the Day of Criminal Investigation Officers of Ukraine, Great Tuesday. Also today is International Day of Environmental Knowledge and Titanic Victims Remembrance Day.
Scientists have discovered that trees in paintings by famous artists comply with the mathematical laws of natural branching. The study showed that the parameter α in artworks varies from 1.5 to 2.8, just like in natural trees.
A 60-year-old woman was informed of suspicion of desecrating the graves of the fallen defenders of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsyubailo, Andriy Pilshchikov and Pavlo Petrichenko, and faces up to 7 years in prison for hooliganism.
A 60-year-old woman suspected of damaging the graves of Ukrainian soldiers in Kiev will undergo a forensic psychiatric examination to determine whether she is sane, and she faces up to 7 years in prison if found guilty.
An unknown woman committed an act of vandalism on the graves of the dead defenders of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsyubailo ("Da Vinci"), Andriy Pylshchikov with the call sign "juice", as well as Pavel Petrichenko on Askold's grave in Kiev, damaging memorial plaques, lamps and the Ukrainian flag, which became the reason for initiating a criminal case.
The Louvre Museum is planning to exhibit Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa in a separate room before the upcoming Olympics to cope with the expected influx of visitors.
On Kruty Heroes Remembrance Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those who died in the struggle for Ukraine's independence. He laid flowers at the memorial signs, emphasizing that all the heroes who sacrificed themselves for the sake of Ukraine's freedom have forever gone down in the nation's history.
Two environmental activists poured soup on the armored glass protecting the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre Museum in Paris to promote the "right to healthy and sustainable food. " This follows an incident in May 2022 when someone threw a custard pie at the painting.
