Giorgia Meloni under investigation and Macron’s Louvre promise

1/29/2025

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Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is under investigation for repatriating a Libyan warlord despite an active ICC arrest warrant and Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, pardons 13 people facing charges following weeks of protests in the country. Then: Emmanuel Macron promises to return the Louvre to its former glory and Marina Tabassum is to design the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion. Plus: lessons for Greenland: Denmark and Canada’s “Whiskey War”.

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Giorgia Meloni under investigation and Macron’s Louvre promise

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Kering’s new CEO, business news and a manhunt ensues in the US