Chirac allies stand trial in Paris vote scam case
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Allies of Jacques Chirac went on trial on  Monday charged with vote-rigging in Paris at a time when the  French president was city mayor.
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A suspected recruiter of young Muslims for combat in Iraq and a man identified as a volunteer allegedly plotted attacks against French or foreign interests in France, the prosecutor's office said Friday.
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A trial opens in Paris into the late President Francois Mitterrand's  wiretapping of his opponents.
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Jacques Chirac&#39;s presidential immunity  expires at midnight on Saturday, opening the way for judges to  question him over a string of investigations into alleged  corruption and other scandals in France.
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Former French president Jacques Chirac was questioned Thursday by a judge looking into a party funding scam dating from his time as mayor of Paris, judicial officials said.
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Jean-Louis Gergorin, a former EADS executive and ally of the French prime minister, has been placed under judicial investigation over defamation charges, sources close to the case said, amid a growing political scandal.
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Societe Generale laid out its defense ahead of a high-profile money laundering trial due to begin in Paris on Monday, which could put further pressure on the French bank as it grapples with the effects of a trading scandal.
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Twenty-seven people went on trial Monday in western France accused of running a prostitution ring whose profits were laundered via a luxury property development in Thailand.
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Paris 2012 organisers have been accused of breaking Olympic bid rules by using French embassies to promote the city. Madrid 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committee&#39;s (IOC) ethical commission.
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Former French President Jacques Chirac refuses to be quizzed about an alleged plot to discredit his successor.
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An accusation by Australian Prime Minister John Howard that France was guilty of lingering "anti-Americanism" drew sharp words from Paris during a visit by the Australian foreign minister.
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The UN war crimes court for Rwanda accepted a controversial report by France's top anti-terrorism judge as evidence in a key genocide trial as a main witness cited in it said his testimony had been manipulated.
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Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and UBS have been ordered to stand trial on charges of market manipulation.
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Fifteen people charged with committing electoral fraud in municipal elections in Paris in 1989 and 1995 went on trial Monday, including a close ally of President Jacques Chirac.
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Six suspected Islamic militants go on trial in Paris for an alleged plot to bomb the US embassy in 2001.
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Embattled French bank Societe Generale faces fresh troubles Monday when a trial opens in Paris involving a vast money laundering scam between France and Israel.
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A French satirical weekly has won support from powerful interior minister and presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy when it went on trial for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.