President Nicolas Sarkozy tried to reassure France Wednesday that his health was in no danger following an emergency trip to a hospital on Sunday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's collapse while jogging and subsequent hospitalization prompted speculation and concern Monday in France over the 54-year-old's state of health.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was released from hospital Monday morning following a night spent under observation after he collapsed while jogging in woodlands near Paris.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy became faint while jogging late Sunday morning and was taken to a hospital, the presidential office said.
The French Senate began debate Tuesday on a law that would mark a significant cultural shift -- allowing many more shops across the country to open on Sundays.
It's the perfect romantic scene. A dashing world leader drops in on his model wife, she touches him affectionately as their dogs play at their feet.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Wednesday that new financial regulation is a "non-negotiable" aim of the G-20 Summit in London, as world leaders gathered for the event.
Press compares First Lady Carla Bruni to Marie-Antoinette after lavish vacation
French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a surprise visit to Baghdad Tuesday on a trip seen as aimed at raising his country's stake in Iraqi reconstruction and easing frictions with Washington over the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will commit €26 billion -- $33 billion -- to relaunch the French economy, as the cost of doing nothing would be far worse.
President Nicolas Sarkozy tried to reassure France Wednesday that his health was in no danger following an emergency trip to a hospital on Sunday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's collapse while jogging and subsequent hospitalization prompted speculation and concern Monday in France over the 54-year-old's state of health.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was released from hospital Monday morning following a night spent under observation after he collapsed while jogging in woodlands near Paris.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy became faint while jogging late Sunday morning and was taken to a hospital, the presidential office said.
The French Senate began debate Tuesday on a law that would mark a significant cultural shift -- allowing many more shops across the country to open on Sundays.
It's the perfect romantic scene. A dashing world leader drops in on his model wife, she touches him affectionately as their dogs play at their feet.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Wednesday that new financial regulation is a "non-negotiable" aim of the G-20 Summit in London, as world leaders gathered for the event.
Press compares First Lady Carla Bruni to Marie-Antoinette after lavish vacation
French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a surprise visit to Baghdad Tuesday on a trip seen as aimed at raising his country's stake in Iraqi reconstruction and easing frictions with Washington over the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will commit €26 billion -- $33 billion -- to relaunch the French economy, as the cost of doing nothing would be far worse.
Talking can't hurt, but experts say neither the US nor developing economies are ready to sign up for stiffer global rules
It's been pretty scary for the rest of us. So just imagine what it is like as a president or prime minister, waking up to hear the headlines on the latest stock market nosedive or threatened national bankruptcy -- and knowing that you have actually got to DO something about the situation.
U.S. President George W. Bush plans to host French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EU President Jose Manuel Barroso at Camp David Saturday to discuss the global financial situation.
Italy is outraged over the French government's decision not to extradite a convicted left-wing terrorist
The leaders of 15 European nations agreed on Sunday to shore up troubled banks as part of a broad plan to ease the global financial crisis.
The world's leading nations stepped up their efforts Sunday to stem the fallout from the worst global financial crisis in decades.
Nations in Europe's single-currency zone agreed Sunday to temporarily guarantee bank refinancing
The leaders of 15 European nations agreed on Sunday to a plan to ease the global financial crisis by shoring up troubled banks.
France's conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy finds himself echoing long-standing positions of his Socialist opposition
Heard the one about the film comedian, the transferred policeman and the French President? It's not funny, fume critics
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited French troops outside the Afghan capital on Wednesday as they mourned the deaths of 10 soldiers killed in fighting with Islamic militants.
Not only has the French president backed down on threats to boycott the Olympics opening ceremony, he's also called off a meeting with the Dalai Lama
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modeling days
The European Union will not draft a new treaty after Irish voters rejected the existing one last month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday.
Nicolas Sarkozy had intended to take Europe by storm with an exciting new agenda when France inherited the six-month revolving presidency of the EU on July 1. Instead he is being buffeted by storms of others' making, forced into a patch-and-mend role on the European constitution.
France has officially taken over the six-month presidency of the European Union from Slovenia, and the French President has already promised an action-packed program
An Israeli soldier committed suicide at Tel Aviv's airport during a departure ceremony for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, prompting security guards to whisk Sarkozy and his wife into their plane.
The French President's recent guest list of world leaders hasn't done a lot for his approval ratings. The American President's last visit probably won't either
The French President loses a vote on genetically modified crops, revealing divisions within the French right
Dramatic video released by the French defense ministry this week shows French helicopters pursuing Somali pirates through the desert as they tried to escape following a weeklong hijacking.
A new spate of domestic woes -- such as the spectacle of his own cabinet engaging in a public spat -- risk dragging him down
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will not attend the opening ceremony of this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing unless China opens a dialogue with the Dalai Lama, a French Cabinet minister told the French newspaper Le Monde on Saturday.
A humanitarian mission to help hostages held by Colombian rebels began as a hostage's son said his mother needs a blood transfusion, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said Wednesday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will send a humanitarian mission to Colombia's jungles to treat ailing hostages held by leftist rebels there, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Tuesday.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been appointed by Gordon Brown to inject more style and glamour into British life -- if you believe a report in the UK's Guardian newspaper.
The French President makes all the right brotherly sounds in Britain, with the hopes of reaping rewards back home in Paris
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British leader Gordon Brown Thursday called for an early warning system to alert international markets to further turmoil in the wake of recent banking scandals fueled by the U.S. credit crunch.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has started his first official visit to the UK -- the day after it was reported that an auction house is to sell nude pictures of his new wife.
France's former first lady Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz and Richard Attias tie the knot
France's former first lady and her fiancé attend a Broadway show the night before getting married
On his Grand Tour, the presidential candidate is so effusive in his praise of France's president that it is positively outre
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a modest cut Friday in France's nuclear arsenal, to fewer than 300 warheads, and urged China and the United States to commit to no more weapons tests
Voters in France's local elections have handed key cities to the left in a punishing blow to the President
He may have tried to lower his profile in nationwide municipal polls, but the President remained a key factor in local elections
Sarkozy's approval rating falls to new lows, as voters hear vulgarity incompatible with their standards for the presidency
Whether it's his public love life or or his economic policies, French voters seem to be souring on their new president
French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged over $700 million in aid Friday for his country's beleagured suburbs -- hotbeds of disaffection and unrest that have twice exploded into rioting in recent years.
Disappointing policy results and peaking public disgust in his private life are behind a plunge in the President's approval ratings
As Sudan-backed rebels march on the capital, the West faces a dilemma: Either back a repressive regime, or allow a victory for the tormentors of Darfur
Pundits are wondering whether in reserving himself the right to say anything, Sarkozy hasn't started contradicting himself by uttering just about everything
Rumors of a secret wedding ceremony between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and ex-supermodel girlfriend Carla Bruni swept across France late Monday.
The President has proposed that internet use be subject to a new tax, in order to help fund state-owned television stations
France's current most famous couple have Bono over for dinner
Affairs of state took a backseat to those of the heart in Paris Tuesday, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy used a nationally broadcast press conference to speak for the first time about his six-week-old relationship with ex-supermodel Carla Bruni.
New opinion polls show the French public is tired of speculation surrounding President Nicolas Sarkozy's private life after a newspaper claimed he is about to marry ex-supermodel Carla Bruni.
Amid reports he'll wed, the French President's popularity wanes -- though clearly not with Carla Bruni
(Paris) -- Recently divorced President Nicolas Sarkozy will marry his former supermodel girlfriend next month, a French newspaper reported Sunday. The weekly Le Journal Du Dimanche, citing unidentified sources, said Sarkozy gave Carla Bruni a heart-shaped diamond engagement ring in December and that the pair would wed on Feb. 8 or 9. The presidential palace declined to comment on the report.
Members of Sarkozy's cabinet will undergo regular evaluations by examiners from a private company assessing each one's productivity -- or lack of it
France's President isn't afraid to let his extravagant private life take attention from his political problems
The French once ignored the sex lives of their leaders. But Carla Bruni, the President's girlfriend, is now front page news
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made a direct appeal to a Colombian rebel group to release a French citizen held hostage for the last five years.
France's President is expected to finalize a series of big business deals on his visit -- but he'll hope to quell rising tensions between the former colonial possession too
His approval rating is sliding as the French public blame him for the poor health of the economy. But the President was in bullish form going on television to announce new measures
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was trying to restore order Wednesday after three consecutive nights of rioting caused widespread damage and injuries.
The suburbs north of Paris might have calmed down considerably, but the French President has vowed to take action
French rail and bus services were returning to normal Friday as transport staff went back to work after a nine-day walkout over pension reforms.
As more and more strikes paralyze France, the usually hands-on Sarkozy adopts an uncharacteristic strategy.
Traffic gridlock gripped the French capital Wednesday as President Nicolas Sarkozy's promised labor reforms went head to head with transport and utility unions who have launched an open-ended nationwide strike.
French transport workers went on strike Tuesday evening, marking the second major showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy over his plan to reform pensions.
While the two presidents got along famously, the impact of this trip is bound to be short-lived in both countries
President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday called on Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to hold planned elections and to step down from the military.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived Tuesday in Washington ahead of a planned address to Congress, the first by a French leader in 11 years.
The French President likes to cast himself as the anti-Chirac, though not much between the two nations has changed
The French President decides to get involved and secures the release of the French and Spanish accused of kidnapping
Three French journalists charged in an alleged plot to kidnap African children for adoption in Europe arrived in Paris on Sunday, hours after French President Nicolas Sarkozy held emergency talks in Chad.
Seven Europeans among 17 detained for over a week in an alleged attempt to kidnap 103 African children were released on Sunday and left the country
Taking the slogan "Work more to earn more" literally, the French president is hoping to increase his salary by 150%
France has long ignored the romantic affairs of its leaders. But will those rules apply for newly divorced President Sarkozy?
An unlikely icon is at the center of President Sarkozy's latest problem with some parts of the public
France's public transportation network came to a halt Thursday as public sector workers staged a series of strikes in what is seen as the first big test for President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
When news broke on Thursday that the President Nicolas Sarkozy and his first lady, wife Cécilia had separated, there was hardly a ripple of surprise.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Cecilia, have divorced by mutual consent, the couple's attorney told a French radio network.
The strikes crippling France's transport network are a big test for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but it is unlikely they will inflict the same damage to the government as those in 1995.
Nicolas Sarkozy awaits the public sector disruption that could shape his future reforms and presidency
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that he will seek tougher U.N. sanctions on Iran for continuing to produce nuclear fuel, but backed away from his foreign minister's warning that Europe should prepare for war.
The French government's note of alarm is directed not solely towards Tehran, but Russia and China too
Even before Nicolas Sarkozy was elected President of France in May, he never hid his belief in a strong state-backed industrial policy or his willingness to intervene in the business world if necessary to help further such a policy. But with this week's $110-billion merger agreement between two French energy companies - the privately-held electricity and environmental services firm Suez and state-controlled gas utility Gaz de France (GdF) - Sarkozy has taken that dirigiste attitude to an extraordinary level.
She's French. She's female. And she is causing quite a stir.
France's President unveils new economic reforms in a command performance, but skeptics say he's short on detail
An eagerly awaited new book tracing a year in the life of Nicolas Sarkozy shows the French president as a never-resting, power-hungry statesman with a weakness for sweets and luxury watches.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's early days have been a masterwork of policy and public relations, but his real challenges lie ahead
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday pledged tougher treatment for sex offenders following a scandal over a convicted pedophile suspected of raping a 5-year-old boy shortly after his release from prison.
Analysis: The new French president seeks a friendly relationship with his American counterpart, to prevent their substantial disagreements on Iraq, Iran and much else from souring transatlantic ties
President Sarkozy keeps France's media gushing -- and ignoring troubling questions over a deal with Libya -- by sunning himself with wealthy Americans
President Sarkozy keeps France's media gushing -- and ignoring troubling questions over a deal with Libya -- by sunning himself with wealthy Americans
Analysis: Socialist Strauss-Kahn is a widely admired economic manager. Better to have him in Washington than heading up the opposition in Paris
Guy Roux has won his fight with the French football authorities who had told him that at the age of 68 he was too old to coach Lens.
The French President's conservative party retained its majority, but the Socialists did better than expected
France's new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was sworn in, Wednesday, amid a grand ceremony at the Elysee Palace.
France's new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, reached out to his political opponents in his inaugural speech, pledging to reunite the country as he was formally sworn in Wednesday in an elaborate ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
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