At Sarkozy's trial, the improbable story of Bashir Saleh's exfiltration from Libya
In 2011, when the Libyan regime collapsed, Muammar Gaddafi's moneyman obtained French support to leave the country. Alexandre ...
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At Sarkozy's trial, the battle over a Libyan arms deal and a mysterious letter
During the trial on suspected Libyan financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign, he was cited by the prosecution. He criticized the two intermediaries, Ziad Takieddine and Alexandre ...
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'I told them to beware the middlemen': ex-intelligence agent gives evidence in Sarkozy-Libya funding trial
Nicolas Sarkozy and three former ministers are standing trial in Paris over claims that the former president's successful 2007 election campaign was part-funded by the Libyan regime of Colonel ...
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Book Review: Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021
The recently published memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel are fuelling the present-day criticism of her legacy ...
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Italian designer Chiuri revisits the past in possible Dior farewell
Haute Couture Week opened in Paris this week with Schiaparelli's traditional show and what may have been Maria Grazia ...
The thorny question of French retirement reform is on the table again under France’s new government. Does it stand a chance?
France has a retirement age lower than many of its European neighbors, but many French people view an early retirement as sacrosanct. It was part of the social contract developed at the end of World ...
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Sarkozy's son signs up for French far-right magazine
The third son of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been revealed as a new columnist for the far-right news magazine ...