The youngest son of former Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi claims he was pressured to retract allegations about his country's ...

Former French President Sarkozy claims there is a 'plot' during his trial regarding alleged campaign financing from Libya. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy strongly condemned a ...

Sarkozy, on trial with three of his former ministers, is accused of accepting €50 million in illegal campaign funds, which prosecutors suspect Gaddafi paid in exchange for diplomatic, legal and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives as he goes on trial over alleged illegal financing of his ...

France's Sarkozy Slams Libyan Campaign Financing Case as 'A Conspiracy' By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - A defiant Nicolas Sarkozy told a Paris court on Thursday that allegations of illegal ...

Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy went on trial January 6 for allegedly accepting some €50 million from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his successful 2007 presidential bid .

PARIS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A defiant Nicolas Sarkozy told a Paris court on Thursday that allegations of illegal Libyan financing of his successful 2007 presidential bid were a "conspiracy" and that ...

worked with a public relations firm named Bygmalion to hide the true cost of his campaign - marked by lavish show events previously unseen in French politics. During his trial, Sarkozy put the ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Sarkozy's career has been shadowed by legal troubles since he lost the 2012 presidential election. He has been convicted in two other cases ...

Sarkozy was sentenced to a one-year prison sentence, half of which suspended. He has always denied accusations that his conservative party, then known as the UMP, worked with a public relations firm ...

The case was labelled the Bygmalion affair, referring to the events company that organised his stadium gigs in front of thousands of fans. Sarkozy has denied all allegations and appealed to the ...

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial over allegations of having received millions from Libya's former dictator Moammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.