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French ex-president Sarkozy convicted for corruption
AFP, Published on 01/03/2021
» PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption on Monday and handed a three-year prison sentence after a court in Paris convicted him for trying to illegally influence a judge during his time in office.
Crunch time for France's Sarkozy as graft trial opens
AFP, Published on 23/11/2020
» PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday for attempted bribery of a judge in what could turn into a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a litany of legal woes.
Ex-French president Sarkozy hit with new Libya financing charge
AFP, Published on 16/10/2020
» PARIS - French prosecutors said Friday that they had charged former president Nicolas Sarkozy over claims he accepted cash from the Libyan dictatorship of Moamer Kadhafi for his 2007 election campaign.
France's Sarkozy to go on trial after final appeal fails
AFP, Published on 19/06/2019
» PARIS - France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy is to go on trial facing charges of corruption and influence peddling after losing his final bid to avert appearing in the dock, sources close to the case said Wednesday.
French ex-president Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» PARIS - French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody Tuesday and questioned over allegations that late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi financed his 2007 election campaign via suitcases stuffed with cash, a source close to the inquiry told AFP.
Liliane Bettencourt, world's richest woman, dies at 94
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/09/2017
» PARIS: Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the L’Oreal cosmetics empire and the world’s wealthiest woman, has died. She was 94.
France finds it tough to rid itself of political corruption
News, John Lloyd, Published on 09/03/2017
» Political corruption in France is common, and usually -- if the politician is at or near the top of the political game -- unpunished by law. Yet the 2017 presidential election may mark something of a revolt against a semi-aristocratic disdain for the public whose tax euros have long been plundered for private or party use.
Nestle net profits plunge 39 percent in 2015
AFP, Published on 18/02/2016
» VEVEY (SWITZERLAND) - Swiss food giant Nestle said Thursday its net profits had plunged by a lower-than-expected 39 percent last year due to a strong Swiss franc.
French court approves use of Sarkozy recordings in corruption probe
AFP, Published on 07/05/2015
» PARIS - A French court ruled Thursday that wiretapped recordings of former president Nicolas Sarkozy talking with his lawyer could be used as evidence in an ongoing corruption probe, one of his lawyers said.
Sarkozy hits back at 'political' corruption charges
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy hit back after being charged with corruption, denying he broke the law and suggesting his political enemies were interfering with the French justice system.