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Showing posts with label Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museum. Show all posts
3/18/15
Tunisia: Deadly museum siege ends in Tunisia with heavy death toll of foreign tourists
Anxiety and grief in Tunisia as a deadly standoff has come to and end two hours after it began.
At least 19 tourists were killed, and 22 wounded during the attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis.
Seventeen of those killed were foreign nationals. Polish, Spanish, German and Italian citizens were among the victims.
More than 100 people were freed during the counter-terror operation.
Two gunmen and one policeman were killed during the raid on the museum, though it’s believed three other attackers could still be at large.
An assault on such a high-profile tourist target is a blow for the country which relies heavily on European tourism.
Prime Minister Habib Essid said the attack targeted the economy and called on “all political parties and civil society to unite with them in the fight against terrorism which targets the stability of the country,” He added, “In government it is our responsibility, and we are prepared, to defend our country.”
MPs in the neighbouring parliament had been debating an anti-terrorism bill when gunfire erupted at midday. Lawmakers sang the national anthem as they waited in safety.
Read more: Deadly museum siege ends in Tunisia with heavy death toll of foreign tourists | euronews, world news
At least 19 tourists were killed, and 22 wounded during the attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis.
Seventeen of those killed were foreign nationals. Polish, Spanish, German and Italian citizens were among the victims.
More than 100 people were freed during the counter-terror operation.
Two gunmen and one policeman were killed during the raid on the museum, though it’s believed three other attackers could still be at large.
An assault on such a high-profile tourist target is a blow for the country which relies heavily on European tourism.
Prime Minister Habib Essid said the attack targeted the economy and called on “all political parties and civil society to unite with them in the fight against terrorism which targets the stability of the country,” He added, “In government it is our responsibility, and we are prepared, to defend our country.”
MPs in the neighbouring parliament had been debating an anti-terrorism bill when gunfire erupted at midday. Lawmakers sang the national anthem as they waited in safety.
Read more: Deadly museum siege ends in Tunisia with heavy death toll of foreign tourists | euronews, world news
7/11/09
The Economist: The Netherlands - The Hermitage Amsterdam: Carousel of treasures
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The Netherlands - The Hermitage Amsterdam: Carousel of treasures
The Dutch queen and the Russian president watched as fireworks soared above the River Amstel. The Hermitage Amsterdam, a new museum for exhibiting loans of Russian art, was officially open, with an inaugural show entitled “At the Russian Court: Palace and Protocol in the XIXth Century”. The evening’s celebrations were televised live. Local residents seemed uniformly pleased, proud and relieved. At last a museum success story.
Amsterdam is famous for its outstanding galleries. However, the Rijksmuseum has been under reconstruction since 2003 and the Stedelijk, with its internationally celebrated collection of modern art, since 2004. Their reopening, pushed back repeatedly, appears to be years away. But the Hermitage Amsterdam, the radically renovated Amstelhof (a nursing home from its construction in the 17th century until 2007) was on budget, at €40m ($56m), and speedy, taking just two years to complete. The running costs will be covered by ticket sales and corporate sponsors. The St Petersburg Hermitage will receive €1 from each full-price entry. Ernst Veen, a cultural entrepreneur, masterminded the scheme and is now the museum’s director.
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