French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on a four-day state visit to India from December 5-8, reached Bangalore on Saturday morning. In his four-day visit to India, Sarkozy will be accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni, seven of his key ministers and a business delegation. Defence, nuclear power and sustainable development will dominate the agenda [...]
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French President Sarkozy arrives in India
December 4th, 2010 |
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Nicolas “target of Greece parcels bombs”
November 1st, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy was among the intended recipients of four parcel bombs found in Athens on Monday, Greek police have said. One of the bombs, addressed to the Mexican embassy in Athens, exploded in the offices of a private courier company, injuring one employee.
“France won’t let terrorists dictate its policyâ€
October 29th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France “doesn’t let anyone dictate its policies, and certainly not terrorists.”
The French president stated this after a European Union summit in Brussels and after al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden made threats against French authorities.
Legal action against France’s Roma policy
September 30th, 2010 |
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The EC has decided to take legal action against France for its controversial practice of deporting Roma who are not French citizens to Romania and Bulgaria. Since July of this year, French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government has been implementing a crackdown on illegal travellers’ camps.
EU unity battered in Roma row
September 17th, 2010 |
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Unity in the EU took a battering with reports of “violent” exchanges between France and the EC – and claim and counter-claim between France and Germany. The summit was dominated by the French expulsion of Roma people, believed by the Commission to be discriminatory. French president Nicolas Sarkozy claimed Germany is about to follow suit.
France to continue Roma expulsions
August 26th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will continue his controversial crackdown on Roma (gypsies). He was speaking at his first cabinet meeting after the summer break, amid growing questions over his leadership.
France to shut illegal Roma camps
July 29th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered 300 illegal camps of travellers and Roma to be dismantled. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered 300 illegal camps of travellers and Roma to be dismantled.
Sarkozy to visit Serbia confirmed
July 15th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit Serbia, but the date has not yet been set, French Ambassador to Serbia Jean Francois Terral confirmed on Thursday. “The visit will be an opportunity to sign an agreement on strategic partnership and I am convinced that it will represent a strong encouragement for our bilateral relations,” Terral stated.
French junior ministers resign over perks scandals
July 5th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has accepted the resignation of two of his junior ministers after separate spending scandals. The resignations from Alain Joyandet, state secretary for overseas development, and Christian Blanc, state secretary for the Greater Paris region, followed disclosures that both politicians had abused their office perks.
Police to investigate blog over Sarkozy affair rumours
April 8th, 2010 |
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French police have launched an investigation to trace the bloggers behind the rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni were involved in relationships outside their marriage.
The news came a day after French president’s chief communications adviser, Pierre Charon, suggested Sarkozy could have fallen foul of a “sort of organised plot with financial [...]
Heads roll after Sarkozy infidelity rumours spread
March 26th, 2010 |
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Two employees of a company that runs the website of the French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) have been sacked for their part in spreading rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife had lovers, the online daily MediaPart reported Friday.
The two employees of the company Newsweb were fired Monday after being found [...]
Sarkozy vows to ban the burqa
March 24th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Wednesday to introduce a law to ban the burqa in France, saying that the all-body Islamic veil was an insult to women.
The declaration was part of a major policy speech intended as a response to his party’s defeat in Sunday’s regional elections, which has shaken his position and worried his [...]
Mornin’ Crunch Crumbs: Cheating Scandal For France’s First Couple; Gay Porn Star Dustin Michaels Dies After Being Tasered By Cops; Ozzy & Sharon Spice Up Sex With A Little Help From The Four Food Groups!
March 10th, 2010 |
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-Andrew Grande — better known as gay adult film star Dustin Michaels — died Monday after being tasered by Florida cops and choking on a bag of weed he swallowed…..
-Jennifer Hudson will perform “One Shining Moment,” the song that plays each year at the end of the CBS broadcast of the NCAA men’s basketball championship [...]
Sarkozy says burka “not welcome†in France
January 14th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reiterated his view that the full burka is “not welcome” in France, as a debate continues on whether to ban it. A parliamentary report on the issue is due out at the end of January.
Sarkozy is grandfather at 54
January 14th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has become a grandfather at age 54, government spokesman Luc Chatel said Wednesday.
The wife of Sarkozy’s 23-year-old son Jean gave birth to a son and the president told his cabinet that he was “over the moon” about it, Chatel said.
The name of the newest addition to the Sarkozy clan was not [...]
Carla Bruni thinks she’ll be hopeless as an actress
November 25th, 2009 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife/former model Carla Bruni, who is set to star in Woody Allen’s new film, thinks she’ll be completely hopeless as an actress.
However, the 42-year-old beauty insists that she couldn’t let go the opportunity to work with the New York director.
“I am not an actress at all. Perhaps I will be completely [...]
When Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni ‘met’ the Simpsons
November 24th, 2009 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni have become the latest high profilers to be parodied in the hit animated TV show The Simpsons.
A short clip, from the episode, called “The Devil Wears Nadaâ€, of their unauthorised ‘appearance’ is said to have been soaring in popularity on the French-language Internet.
The footage, aired in [...]
Sarkozy reiterates determination to ban burqa ban in France
November 13th, 2009 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that he is determined to ban the use of the burqa, the head-to-toe veil worn by some Muslim women, in secular France.
“France is a country where there is no place for the burqa, where there is no place for the subservience of women,” The Telegraph quoted him, as saying [...]
Paris hosts an historic Armistice ceremony
November 11th, 2009 |
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For the first time a German leader has taken part in Armistice Day commemorations marking the end of the First World War. Chancellor Angela Merkel joined French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Arc de Triomphe to remember the millions who died. And, in a strong sign of their countries’ warm relations today, the pair jointly rekindled the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.