Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in court on Monday as his appeal trial opened in the high-profile case concerning alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. The proceedings mark the second phase of a legal battle that has already resulted in a five-year prison sentence for the former…
Proceedings have begun in Paris in the long-awaited trial of Spanish aviation company Swiftair, which is facing manslaughter charges related to the 2014 crash of an aircraft operated for Air Algérie. The case, which opened on Monday before a Paris criminal court, comes nearly twelve years after the tragic accident…
Ten individuals went on trial in Paris on Monday over allegations of sexist and defamatory cyber-harassment against Brigitte Macron, the French First Lady. The case stems from a long-running and unfounded conspiracy theory claiming that she was assigned male at birth a rumour that has circulated online for years. The…