Belgian PM Verhofstadt to step down on March 20
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Belgium's interim prime minister, Guy Verhofstadt, will step down on March 20, paving the way for a new government that should bring to an end more than half a year of political deadlock.
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BRUSSELS -- Belgian voters punished the outgoing liberal-socialist government in an election yesterday and cleared the way for Flemish leader Yves Leterme to become prime minister. Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt conceded that his eight-year term as prime minister was at an end after his liberals slid from being Flanders's strongest party to third place, with most of the results counted. ...
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A French-speaking party agreed on Wednesday to join a coalition that Belgium's caretaker Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is trying to form, and media reported an interim government could be formed by the end of this week.
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has decided to step down after leading his country to independence and governing it for the past 15 years.Comment
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Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt was hospitalized with several bruised ribs and other injuries Tuesday after his chauffeur-driven car crashed near is home against a concrete pillar and overturned several ...
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Belgian caretaker Prime Minister Guy  Verhofstadt accepted a request from King Albert on Monday to  form an interim government and seek to end the country's  political deadlock since a general election in June.
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Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz has announced that he is to quit, and is set to be replaced by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS), party officials said.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The head of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party said Friday he would step down after a campaign mudslinging scandal.
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The chief financial officer at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resign in December and join Dutch media company VNU NV, the airline said Monday.
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Belgians began voting on Sunday in an election expected to replace Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt with the premier of Flanders who wants more power for his Dutch-speaking region.
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Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt appears set for defeat in Sunday&#39;s general election, with the Christian Democrats poised to regain power after eight years in opposition, according to the latest opinion poll.
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Belgian King Albert II late Thursday renamed Guy Verhofstadt prime minister to lead an interim government, the Royal Palace said after six months of political crisis.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen this week, officials said Tuesday as Ankara seeks to defuse a spat with Brussels ahead of a crunch EU report.
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Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies, a banking expert and monetary-policy centrist, will step down on March 30, the central bank said on Friday, marking the third top Fed official to announce a departure this year.
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MILAN, Dec 29 (SW) - Italyâs Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been forced to step down as AC Milan President to comply with a new law on conflicts of interest.
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Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt will meet new Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn to discuss a plan to save thousands of jobs at VW's Brussels plant thanks to a new Audi model, union officials said.
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Cabinet Office minister Hilary Armstrong announces she will step down as a minister once Tony Blair resigns.