Sources: BBC
Citizens in New Caledonia vote against independence and choose to remain part of France. Pro-independence parties boycotted the referendum in order to protest the alleged lack of time to campaign. 2021-12-12
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were issued to Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. 2018-11-11
France announces it will increase the number of its soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic as sectarian violence worsens. 2014-02-14
France formally confirms death of Islamist commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, a senior al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in February, after DNA tests. 2013-03-23
Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is being investigated over claims of illegal donations received from the country's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt of L'Oréal. 2013-03-22
Police search the home and offices of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy as part of a judicial investigation into financial relations between his political camp and L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. 2012-07-3
Three investigating judges from the Cour de Justice de la République file preliminary charges against former French Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Public service Éric Woerth over "passive influence peddling" in relation to the affairs of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. 2012-02-8
Four people, including celebrity photographer François-Marie Banier, are arrested in a tax-evasion investigation into L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. 2010-07-15
President of France Nicolas Sarkozy denies allegations of alleged illegal payments from France's richest woman, L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. 2010-07-6
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is cleared of charges of complicity to false denunciation in the "Clearstream" affair. 2010-01-28