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UPDATE 4-Dexia rescue measures promised after shares dive...one. Leterme returned to Brussels later on Monday for a cabinet meeting to discuss Dexia, which received a 6.4 billion euro ($8.7 billion) bailout from the Belgian, French and Luxembourg governments and key shareholders last Tuesday. In this article: Dexia, Didier Reynders, Yves Leterme, Brussels, Nicolas Sarkozy, Luxembourg, Fortis, Hypo Real Estate, and BNP Paribas |
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Indiana Times - The Economic Times | October 05, 2008
Belgium, Luxembourg to sell Fortis
...and break-up was announced. A source close to Fortis said the board was holding crisis meetings at Fortis's Brussels headquarters, with announcements due at the end of the weekend or the start of next week. However, Finance Minister...
In this article: Fortis, Luxembourg, Belgium, ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, Yves Leterme, Didier Reynders, and Europe
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Times of London | October 13, 2008
Europe's leaders follow Brown plan to head off financial meltdown - Times Online
...should happen by Wednesday," Didier Reynders, the Belgian Finance Minister, said. EU leaders are expected to endorse the package in Brussels on Wednesday. The agreement stops well short of a central EU rescue fund that was floated by...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Europe, European Union, UK, London, Angela Merkel, Germany, and France
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Political parties in Belgium
...Reynders, currently Minister for Finances. The MR is a federation composed of the Christian-democratic split-off, MCC and the Brussels-based FDF which is particularly strong electorally in Brussels. Recently, the Flemish liberal party faced...
In this article: Belgium, Flanders, Christian-democratic, Catholic Party, and Flemish Liberals and Democrats
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International Herald Tribune | October 03, 2007
Wolfowitz seeks more time for rebuttal of World Bank charges - International Herald Tribune
...The Associated Press reported. "What we need is a president with a good reputation and integrity," the Dutch finance minister, Wouter Bos, said at a meeting of European finance officials in Brussels. The Belgian finance minister, Didier...
In this article: Paul Wolfowitz, World Bank, White House, Didier Reynders, Karl Rove, World Bank, Treasury Department, and George W. Bush
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AFP Finance News | February 14, 2009
Belgium to take steps to 'reassure' Fortis clients
...2009, 11:59 pm BRUSSELS (AFP) - Belgium's finance minister said the government would take steps to reassure clients of troubled banking group Fortis and hold talks with BNP Paribas after shareholders rejected its breakup. "We will take...
In this article: Fortis, Didier Reynders, BNP Paribas, Belgium, and Bankruptcy
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Seeking Alpha | September 29, 2008
Royal Bank of Scotland Hit Hard Despite Bailout Rumors - Seeking Alpha
...a minority fraction in the Flemish coalition with his remarks on the very sensitive issue of French-speaking communes on the periphery of Brussels where the elected burgomasters were unseated for violating language laws of Flanders, to which...
In this article: Fortis Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bankruptcy, Yves Leterme, Flanders, Belgium, Didier Reynders, and Santander
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Belgium, BNP Paribas to meet Monday on Fortis
...and there is no guarantee that the French bank will keep it going indefinitely. Reynders indicated Sunday that if Brussels finds no "partner" to take over the bank, "it will mean a higher risk for the state, at a higher cost to the taxpayer".
In this article: BNP Paribas, Fortis, Didier Reynders, Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, and Netherlands
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BBC News | July 16, 2008
Bid to rescue Belgian government
...government's social and economic policies. Belgium's Dutch and French-speaking communities seem to exist side-by-side, but with little interaction, says the BBC's Dominic Hughes in Brussels. No single party bridges the linguistic and...
In this article: Yves Leterme, Belgium, Unemployment, Didier Reynders, and Albert II
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Brussels (Bruxelles, pronounced [bʁyˈsɛl]; Brussel, pronounced [ˈbrʏsəl]), officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union (EU) and the largest urban area in Belgium. It includes the Brussels municipality which is the capital of Belgium, Flanders and the French Community of Belgium by law.
Brussels has grown from a 10th-century fortress town founded by Charlemagne's grandson into a metropolis of more than one million inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers a total area of 4,127 km, covering the Capital-Region and 103 surrounding municipalities, and has a population of almost 2.7 million.
Since the end of the Second World War, Brussels has been an important centre for international politics. It hosts the main institutions of the European Union, and the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Thus, Brussels is the polyglot home of many international organisations, politicians, diplomats and civil servants. Brussels is the EU's third-richest city in terms of per capita income.
Although historically Dutch-speaking, Brussels has become increasingly francophone. Today most inhabitants are native French-speakers, although both languages have official status. This process has led to a longstanding conflict between the French and Dutch speaking community, reflecting the situation in Belgium at large.
- Name:
- Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
- Local Name:
- Bruxelles
- Also Known As:
- Capital of Europe, Comic city
- Founding Date:
- June 18, 1989
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 62.2
- Total Area (km):
- 161.4
- Elevation (ft):
- 43
- Elevation (m):
- 13
- Time Zone:
- CET
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