Belgian king renames Verhofstadt prime minister
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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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Belgium's prime minister conceded defeat Sunday on behalf of his coalition of Liberals and Socialists in general elections that saw the Christian Democrats end eight years in opposition with major gains.
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Latvia's president on Friday named outgoing interior minister Ivars Godmanis as his candidate to become prime minister, asking the Latvian politician veteran to form a new government.
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Belgian King Albert reappointed Guy Verhofstadt as prime minister on Friday to head an interim government charged with trying to bridge Belgium's ever-widening linguistic divide.
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Albert II, King of the Belgians, has been confronted with the first great test of his reign by the political crisis pitting the Flemish and French-speaking communities against each other.
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Belgium's far-right Vlaams Blok formally dissolved itself and relaunched under a new name, after a court ruling banning the party, one of the most successful anti-immigrant forces in Europe.
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Belgium's caretaker prime minister said on Wednesday he would form a five-party, interim coalition government, providing a temporary solution to a political crisis more than six months after elections.
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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 times, officials said.
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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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King Albert II urged Belgium's French- and Dutch-speaking communities Monday to overcome their differences, after months of political crisis, and strive to learn each other's languages.
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BRUSSELS - Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on Wednesday afternoon left hospital, where he had been under observtion following a serious car crash on Tuesday night.
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Belgium&#39;s prime minister-in-waiting, who has irked Belgium&#39;s French speakers by saying they were too stupid or unwilling to learn Flemish, could not remember his country&#39;s anthem on National Day this weekend.
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Belgian voters go to the polls in an election which is likely to see PM Guy Verhofstadt struggle to keep his job.
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Belgium was mired in a political crisis on Friday after Flemish leader Yves Leterme gave up efforts to form a government with francophone partners who reject his plans for constitutional reform.
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Belgium&#39;s prime minister-in-waiting,  who has irked Belgium&#39;s French speakers by saying they were too  stupid or unwilling to learn Flemish, could not remember his  country&#39;s anthem on National Day this weekend.
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The majority coalition is expected to name a controversial prime minister.
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