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NEWS ABOUT: Elysee

Elysee stories: 6 news summaries

 'Faint' Sarkozy 
 Hospitalized After Jog 

French prez 'felt faint,' undergoing medical tests

Jul 26, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(AP) - Nicolas Sarkozy “felt faint” during his usual morning jog today, reports the Guardian, and was admitted to the hospital where he was under observation and undergoing further tests. Elysee Palace declined to comment further, saying it would release further details this afternoon. The energetic French president is known... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • medical treatment • running • President • Elysee • excercise • jogging

(Newser) - French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy just loves her fleurs and she's often photographed arranging blooms in the Elysée Palace. Problem is, the flowers are costing French taxpayers $1,100 a day, and they want the spending nipped in the bud. The blooming bills were revealed in the first state... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • spending • Elysee • audit • flowers • Carla Bruni • French

GLOSSIES

 Bruni: 
 Michelle 
 Could Give 
 Me Pointers 

France's first lady brings rare mix to Elysée Palace

Feb 18, 09 8:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Michelle Obama just moved into the White House, but America’s first lady could teach a few things to her more veteran French counterpart, confesses Carla Bruni in Vogue. “I fell into my husband’s life from another world,” explains the model-turned-singer, who's been the French first lady... More »

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Michelle Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Elysee • Carla Bruni • first lady

 Obama Hits Paris

Candidate holds meeting, press conference with 'pal' Sarkozy

Jul 25, 08 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has arrived in Paris, where the candidate is holding talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy before a joint news conference. Sarkozy rushed back from a summit in the southwest of France to meet Obama at the presidential palace, reports AP. The two first met in 2006 when Sarkozy... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Paris • Elysee

Sarkozy, Bruni Wed (Finally)

Whirlwind romance culminates in Elysee Palace ceremony

Feb 2, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy has finally made an honest woman out of his supermodel-cum-singer girlfriend, Reuters says. The French president married Carla Bruni, 40, today at the Elysee Palace in a hush-hush ceremony atypical for the usually public couple. The mayor of a Paris district who officiated the nuptials said the bride... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • wedding • Cecilia Sarkozy • Elysee • Carla Bruni

French Prez & First Lady to Split

Cécilia Sarkozy reported living in Switzerland

Oct 16, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his controversial first lady are on the brink of divorce, according to French media. Cécilia Sarkozy will not accompany her husband on a state visit to Morocco, and some reports say the fiercely independent 49-year-old former model is already living in Switzerland. She hasn't... More »

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divorce • Morocco • Nicolas Sarkozy • Cecilia Sarkozy • David Martinon • La Tribune • L'Est Republicain • Elysee • Jacques Martin

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