The former French president will serve his sentence at home and wear an electronic bracelet. The former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison after being found guilty of corruption and influence peddling.
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17 May: Investigation completed: There is no evidence of Russian involvement in the 2016 US election
During Republican Donald Trump’s presidency, the FBI made a series of allegations about Russian involvement in the presidential election.
The Vatican changes its Basic Law. The new Constitution was published on Saturday and will come into effect on June 7. The new text is longer and more articulated than the previous one (24 articles instead of 20)
China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs and former ambassador to Russia, Li Hui, begins a tour of Ukraine, Russia, and other European cities on Monday .
Is there an end to the government crisis in neighboring Bulgaria? Boyko Borissov, former prime minister for ten years and leader of the center-right GERB party.
People very close to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan say that he has already left some indications on how to celebrate in 2071 the thousandth anniversary of Manzikert’s victory over the Byzantine Empire.
Chinese officials were expelled from Ottawa. Beijing responds ‘in kind.” Canada has expelled a Chinese diplomat accused of trying to intimidate a Canadian MP who has been critical of Beijing.
In a surprise diplomatic move yesterday, Syria was readmitted as a full member of the Arab League. The Arab League readmitted Syria after an 11-year absence, the organization announced on Sunday
When you think you’re an alchemist, you decide to go in search of a unique place where religion and history intertwine harmoniously: Jordan.