Former President Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial for allegedly having received illegal campaign financing from Libya's ...

During World War II, as Allies and Axis forces clashed in North Africa, Charles de Gaulle’s government-in-exile Free France had already taken a keen interest in Libya. “In 1942, Libya was central to ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courthouse for his trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 ...

France’s highest court ... investigative judges were listening to wiretapped phone conversations during the Libya inquiry. Sarkozy’s latest trial is scheduled to run until April 10, with ...

Ali Baba's cave' - The Libya investigation began in 2011 when ... we've all been brought up with an idea around the greatness of France. "Corruption holds up a mirror up to France and people ...

Read more Subscribers only Sarkozy's trial: The full timeline of the Libyan campaign financing case Hortefeux, the local authorities minister at the time, had gone to Libya in 2005, for "a follow ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vigorously denounced a “plot” he said was staged by “liars and crooks” on Thursday at a Paris trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 president ...

Sarkozy is accused by prosecutors of having struck a deal with Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive millions of ...

In return, they said, it wanted economic deals, diplomatic recognition and possibly assistance from France in rescinding an arrest warrant against a top Libyan official. Mr. Sarkozy visited Libya ...

Accused of war crimes, he is now imprisoned in Libya. Sarkozy has been convicted in two other scandals — yet the Libyan case appears as the one most likely to significantly affect his legacy. France’s ...

Abdullah is now imprisoned in Libya. Sarkozy has been convicted in two other scandals, yet the Libyan case appears as the one most likely to significantly affect his legacy. France's apex court ...