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Tripoli busts Gaddafi-shaped pills as captagon appears in Libya's east

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How did prisoners film Sarkozy's cell, despite phone ban in prisons?

Footage of Nicolas Sarkozy being taunted by fellow inmates inside Paris' prison de la Santé has gone viral on social media, sparking a public controversy and a debate about prisoners' access to mobile phones.

France

Former French President Sarkozy to go to prison in Paris on 21 October

On 25 September, a Paris court found the former French leader guilty of criminal conspiracy involving the use of funds from Libya to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.

Europe News

French ex-leader Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence in Libya case

After an extended detailing of its ruling on Thursday, the court sentenced Sarkozy to five years in prison "with deferred effect", an immediate five-year ban on any public function, and a fine of €100,000.

Libya

Is Libya's General Khalifa Haftar really that powerful?

After an EU delegation was humiliated by the commander in control of large swaths of eastern Libya, Euronews explores Haftar’s fall, then rise to power and who is helping him maintain it.

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Europe News

French prosecutors seek seven-year sentence for Nicolas Sarkozy

The allegations can be traced back to 2011, when a Libyan news agency and Gaddafi himself said that the Libyan state had secretly funnelled millions of euros into Sarkozy's 2007 campaign.

Europe News

France's Sarkozy tells trial he received no campaign funds from Libya

Sarkozy is accused by prosecutors of having struck a deal with Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive millions of euros in illegal funding.

France

Sarkozy faces trial over alleged campaign funding from Gaddafi

Sarkozy, who was France’s president from 2007 to 2012, retired from public life in 2017.

Libya

Libya's central bank chaos must serve as a wake-up call for the West

Diplomats may be busy stopping other wars in Ukraine and Gaza from growing into monstrous regional conflicts. But if they’re too consumed to take this brief opportunity, they may end up with a third before too long, Tarek Megerisi writes.

France

Former French president Sarkozy facing trial over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

The case is the biggest and most shocking of multiple corruption investigations involving Sarkozy. He has been convicted in two others. He denies wrongdoing in all cases.

United Kingdom

Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody

A Libyan man is accused of making the bomb which blew up the Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland.

Culture news

Gaddafi-inspired artwork wins prestigious MAXXI art prize

An art piece inspired by the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to Italy in 2009 has won the prestigious MAXXI Bulgari Prize

World News

A decade since Gaddafi, Libya's election raises fears of new violence

Among the front-runners of over 100 candidates are Gaddafi's son, Seif-al-Islam, and Khalid al-Haftar, a Benghazi-based warlord.

Libya

Gadhafi's son announces candidacy for president of Libya

The son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi announced Sunday his candidacy for the country's presidential election next month, Libya's election agency said.

World News

Ten years on since the death of Gaddafi, how stable is Libya today?

Academic Mustafa Fetouri spoke to Euronews about what has changed in the country after the end of the Gaddafi era.

Libya

Libya's rival factions sign 'permanent' ceasefire after UN talks

Libya's two warring factions agreed to a permanent truce after five days of talks at the United Nations, which hailed the move as "historic".

Libya

Euroviews. Libya’s fragile economic gains thwarted by the unnecessary war ǀ View

When the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) was formed in Libya in December 2015, it was facing an enormous amount of work to restore the country’s social fabric and rebuild its devastated economic structures.