Sarkozy's house raided as L'Oreal detectives make up for lost time
Detectives investigating alleged illegal campaign-financing by L'Oreal heir Liliane Bettencourt, have raided the former French president's mansion.
Arab Spring led to the fall of the first wives' club
Despite an often fawning portrayal in the Western media, they were the Lady Macbeths.
In the court of Carla Bruni
The latest sensation in France's love-hate relationship with its first lady has been whether Carla Bruni is pregnant.
France: Iranian insults against Carla Bruni 'unacceptable'
France says that insults in the Iranian media against first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who has been branded an "Italian prostitute", are unacceptable.
More than just white dresses
Who really cares what these women wear? Do we not have more serious things to read about? And perhaps a dress is just a dress is just a dress?
Carla Bruni's 'simpering' album leaves UK press cold
British newspapers gave the thumbs-down on Thursday to the latest album from French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife, Carla Bruni.
Love's the drug I'm thinking of, Bruni tells Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy may be a teetotaller, but his wife's much awaited ballad suggests he gives her even stronger stuff.
All that smooching was far too cordiale
In the end, it was the pictures of Carla Bruni photogenically snogging President Sarkozy on a boat on the River Thames, during their state visit, that made me wish they'd both just clear off back to France, Bruni presumably bobbing gently homewards on a sea of male British drool.
Justice at last for Mrs Sarko thanks to Carlamania
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday applauded the acres of admiring British media coverage of his wife during the first day of the state visit, saying he felt justice had been done after a week of "wretched" press in Britain and in France. Some British papers had printed a 15-year-old photograph of Carla Bruni naked in her days as a supermodel.
Knives out as Ramsay restaurant opens in France
He was skewered in New York, roasted in Ireland, and now a top French food critic has warned against his "unexciting" cooking driven by the money-making ambitions of a global brand. But Gordon Ramsay's quest for world domination continues next week when he launches a restaurant outside Paris.
Swooning Sarkozy hints he will wed Bruni
He has outed himself as an immigrant's son, a jogger, an unashamed right-winger and an Elvis-loving pro-American. But on Tuesday, under the twinkling chandeliers of the Elysée Palace, Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled his latest taboo-breaking persona: President in Love.
French president may marry ex-model
First it was Disneyland, then love on the Nile, now it's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The French President Nicolas Sarkozy's starry settings for his showbiz romance with the ex-model Carla Bruni continued this weekend when the couple rode camels in Jordan and visited Petra.
Sarkozy urged to press Chad on missing politicians
French President Nicolas Sarkozy travelled to Chad on Wednesday as rights groups urged France not to "cover up" for President Idriss Déby Itno, accused of having a hand in the disappearance of opposition members. The president will make a brief stopover in Ndjamena en route to South Africa.
Sarkozy unveils R114bn investment in Africa
France will invest about R114-billion (€10-billion) in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, creating about 300 000 jobs, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Parliament on Thursday. He said there is a need for renewed African-French relations based on transparency and contemporary realities.
All work and some play for Sarkozy in SA
French President Nicholas Sarkozy will be accompanied by 40 key French business chief executives during his visit to South Africa, director general in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Gert Grobler, said on Tuesday. Sarkozy will arrive in Cape Town on Thursday where he will meet President Thabo Mbeki to discuss political, economic and business ties.
