People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme congratulated Barak Obama on Wednesday on his election as the new U.S. president. In a message to Obama, Leterme said Obama's election as the 44th U.S. president coincides with a time when the expectations of the people towards their political leaders are high, Belgian broadcaster VRT reported. "There are many challenges ahead, in particular...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
She announced this at a joint press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme on Friday.
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
President Viktor Yuschenko said during a meeting with Belgium’s Prime Minister Yves Leterme that admission of Ukraine to the NATO Membership Action Plan would not result in escalation of the situation in Ukraine under any circumstances.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme says a 4 million euros ($5.14 million) severance payment to an executive of bailed out bank Fortis is scandalous.
Business Report (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008
The Belgian government is working on a plan to soften the effects of the financial crisis on the nation's economy, Prime Minister Yves Leterme said in an interview published Saturday.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
... rates in Europe. One such group is people from Belgium and Luxembourg.Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme met Haarde, to discuss these depositors and Haarde said Iceland hoped the receiver running Kaupthing could re-open the Luxembourg branch. Share: Next Article: Also On ReutersFeatured Broker sponsored linkEditor's ChoicePictures Video Articles A selection of our best photos from...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
... Luxembourg Budget Minister Luc Frieden told reporters.A spokesman for Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme also said the Belgian government had agreed in principle to help Iceland's biggest lender."All scenarios are open ... the government has agreed to ensure continuity in the bank and is interested in becoming engaged," the spokesman said.Possible scenarios include taking a stake...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
... offered a lifeline to Iceland’s biggest bank, Kaupthing Bank, and was sending Prime Minister Yves Leterme to visit Iceland on Friday to meet Haarde. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders told reporters that his government was ready to help rescue Kaupthing, where thousands of Belgians have savings which they are now fearful for. “We are trying to see how we can help through an...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
... offered a lifeline to Iceland's biggest bank, Kaupthing Bank, and was sending Prime Minister Yves Leterme to visit Iceland on Friday to meet Haarde.Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders told reporters that his government was ready to help rescue Kaupthing, where thousands of Belgians have savings which they are now fearful for."We are trying to see how we can help through an intervention...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
... their package, are to announce the size of their promised bailout today. Some leaders, including Yves Leterme of Belgium, wanted a figure attached to the package before markets opened in Asia last night, but Mr Sarkozy insisted that another 24 hours was needed for governments to organise their actions. “What we need now is for each country to fix the sum that it wants to put aside....
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
The leaders, who spent three hours thrashing out details of their package, are to announce the size of their promised bailout today. Some leaders, including Yves Leterme of Belgium, wanted a figure attached to the package before markets opened in Asia last night, but Mr Sarkozy insisted that another 24 hours was needed for governments to organise their actions. “What we need now is for...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... US dollars) capital infusion for Dexia to prevent its collapse. Meanwhile, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme announced on Thursday that the government will also guarantee new borrowings of all other Belgian banks over the coming year. The announcements came just before the opening of trading on the Brussels stock exchange. The news sent the Bel-20 blue chip index higher in early...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... ($8.7 billion) capital injection for the bank in exchange for new stock. Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said the guarantee will last until Oct. 31, 2009 and covers new interbank and institutional financing as well as bonds with a maximum maturity of three years. Dexia () will have to pay for the guarantee, which could be extended for a further year, Leterme added. Other...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... to the engagements it has made to its clients," the statement published by Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said. And it will be rewarded with "a return reflecting the advantage the bodies of the Dexia group concerned have thus gained," it said. Dexia's shares rose sharply on the news, climbing 18 per cent in the first 15 minutes of trading on Thursday. The Franco-Belgian bank...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium The governments of France, Belgium and Luxembourg announced Thursday they will give struggling lender Dexia SA a yearlong bank guarantee.
They announced the decision after Dexia's shares fell three days in a row - by more than 15 percent on Wednesday alone - despite getting a $8.8 billion cash injection from the three governments last week.
Belgian Prime Minister Yves...
