FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy’s marriage to Carla Bruni, an Italian-born heiress and ex-supermodel long considered among the world’s most desirable women, was touted as a coup for the French leader.

Woody Allen has leapt to the defence of co-star, France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy after gossip column reports that she was a handful on the set of his romantic comedy 'Midnight in Paris'.

France’s first lady Carla Bruni was labelled a “prostitute” by Iranian state-run media today over her support for a woman who faced death by stoning for adultery.

A FRENCH pop singer yesterday won €3,000 damages from a TV news station that alleged a liaison between him and France’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

FRANCE’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has dismissed as “insignificant” rumours of infidelity by her and her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and brushed off theories that lies were planted in a plot to bring down the glamorous couple.

POLICE in France have launched a probe after burglars reportedly stole more than 100 “highly intimate” photos and film footage of the country’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy from a Paris apartment.

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy revealed that her wedding to French President Nicolas Sarkozy was decided just two days in advance.

French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is set to take time out from political duties to perform alongside Metallica and Paul McCartney, the BBC said today.

French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modelling days.

France’s first lady, singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is giving up concerts until her husband is out of office, she said today.