FRANCE: Police arrest four as L’Oreal scandal escalates
French police have detained a financial advisor, lawyer, society photographer and island manager connected to France’s richest woman and L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, in the latest chapter in a scandal that has rocked French politics. Read More
FRENCH POLITICS: Interior Minister Hortefeux in court for allegedly racist remarks
A French anti-racist organisation has accused Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux of “public defamation of a racist nature,” for remarks he made at last year’s summer conference of the ruling UMP party. His trial starts Friday. Read More