The conviction sets a new low-point in the tumultuous political career of the right-winger who remains a dominant political figure in France, admired by fans for his tough talk on crime and immigration
Sarkozy faces charges of illicit financing of his failed 2012 election campaign
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women
The former president is being questioned in connection to former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and the source of his funding for his 2007 campaign
A new David Goldblatt exhibition in Paris raises questions about the photographer in relation to documentary practice in South Africa
An arms deal insider has quit the People’s Tribunal on Economic Crimes after claiming French leaders tried to quash the probe into Thales and Thint.
France’s youngest president in the six decade-long Fifth Republic has transformed the country’s political landscape in a matter of weeks
Julian Assange says that the time has come for legal action after leaked documents reveal Washington spied on three French presidents.
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy is facing criminal charges for alleged abuse of power.
France’s former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors say.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has arrived in court to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a €285-million arbitration payment.
Whatever the PR, things are not looking sunny for Franois Hollande. Opinion polls show that normal is not enough.
Detectives investigating alleged illegal campaign-financing by L’Oreal heir Liliane Bettencourt, have raided the former French president’s mansion.
Francois Hollande has replaced France’s top three security officials after he criticised them for being too close to his predecessor.
Observers say Francois Hollande should pursue more equitable relations with Africa than Nicolas Sarkozy, who at times showed obvious arrogance.
Beyond French election results, central bank speeches in the US, production figures in Europe and key releases in SA, it will be an interesting week.
France’s defending president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has promised supporters a "surprise" as Socialist rival Franois Hollande says he’s certain of nothing.
Franois Hollande has won France’s presidential election in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against austerity.
France has voted which could crown Francois Hollande its first Socialist president in two decades, marking a leftward shift at the heart of Europe.
Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande will clash in their only television debate, seen as the conservative incumbent’s last chance to turn the odds.
Nicolas Sarkozy has rejected a renewed claim that Muammar Gaddafi agreed to donate up to €50-million to his last presidential campaign.
French presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande headed into the last round of his battle with Nicolas Sarkozy, with both candidates under threat.
Candidates are trading accusations after the opposition rejected Nicolas Sarkozy’s demand for three public debates before the final vote on May 6.
Nicolas Sarkozy is courting the far right to help him win France’s presidential runoff, but his socialist challenger will likely prevail regardless.
France has voted in round one of a presidential ballot where frustration at high unemployment may mean Nicolas Sarkozy loses his re-election bid.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says barring social networks from publishing exit polls and early results ahead of an official embargo are outdated.
The frontrunner in the French presidential election François Hollande wants to push the European Union to spend big money on growth and jobs.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged networks not to broadcast videos shot by an Islamist extremist killer during a shooting spree in France.
A French judge has charged the former head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn over his alleged links with a prostitution ring.
President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would bar some Muslim preachers from entering France as part of a crackdown after shootings there by an extremist.
French media is reporting that an al-Qaeda-inspired gunman who confessed to killing seven people in France is dead after police stormed his apartment.
A gunman suspected of killing seven people, including three children at a Jewish school, says he would hand himself over to police.