Jeroen Dijsselbloem loses out in race to take over at IMF

2 months ago

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-- Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will join a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers next month, as part of the new Labour government’s continued effort to deepen cooperation with the European Union. Reeves will become the first chancellor to join the Eurogroup meeting on Dec. 9 since Britain’s exit from the EU in 2020. Her attendance comes after Prime …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Mark Rutte dismisses Trump fears as he takes reins at NATO

The Hindu

NATO's new chief Mark Rutte on Tuesday downplayed fears over the impact of a potential Donald Trump victory in upcoming U.S. elections and pledged to keep backing Ukraine, as he assumed leadership of the world's most powerful military alliance. "I'm determined to prepare NATO for the challenges of the future," Rutte said as he formally took over as Secretary General …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Rutte is named NATO chief. He’ll need all his consensus-building skills from Dutch politics

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. On Wednesday, NATO ambassadors appointed the outgoing Dutch prime minister as the alliance’s next secretary general, its top civilian post. Rutte will be congratulated by …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Teflon Mark’ Rutte named NATO chief. He’ll need his consensus-building skills from Dutch politics

LA Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, greets the Netherland’s Prime Minister Mark Rutte during arrivals for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. On Wednesday, NATO ambassadors appointed the outgoing Dutch prime minister as the alliance’s next secretary general, its top civilian post. Securing the job of NATO chief required all of Rutte’s diplomatic skills as he …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Rutte will be next NATO chief: Who is outgoing Dutch PM?

Firstpost

Mark Rutte, who has been in office since 2010, is the Netherlands’ longest-serving prime minister. Known as a consensus builder who has helmed multiple coalition governments, Rutte is a fierce advocate of Ukraine and a strong critic of Vladimir Putin Outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte will be the next NATO chief. Dutch’s outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte will be …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Teflon Mark’ Rutte set to bring consensus-building skills from Dutch politics as next NATO chief

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. Rutte’s appointment could be sealed by a meeting of NATO ambassadors in the coming days, or when President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts meet …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rutte seals NATO top job after lone rival drops out

The Hindu

Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on June 20 clinched the race to become the next head of NATO at a pivotal time for the alliance, after sole challenger Romanian President Klaus Iohannis pulled out. Mr. Rutte will come in at a perilous moment for the Western allies as Russia's war in Ukraine drags on and Donald Trump battles to …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Rutte, Denmark outgoing PM, set to be next NATO chief after Orban drops candidacy

India TV News

Mark Rutte is set to become the next head of NATO after Klaus Iohannis, the Romanian president, has withdrawn from the race to become the next Nato secretary-general, The Guardian reported on Thursday. Rutte’s assurances, contained in a letter to Prime Minister Orbán, remove a major obstacle to him becoming the next NATO secretary-general — the organization’s top civilian official. …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Bulgarian ex-prime minister Borissov offers a coalition. But he doesn’t want his old job back

Associated Press

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, whose center-right GERB party garnered the most votes in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, invited his political opponents Thursday to hold talks about forming a new government. Results from Sunday’s election showed GERB with 24.7% of the vote, edging out the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, which surprisingly came in second with …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Netherlands veers sharply to the right with a new government dominated by party of Geert Wilders

Associated Press

THE HAGUE — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders agreed on a coalition deal early Thursday that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right, capping a half year of tumultuous negotiations that still left it unclear who would become prime minister. “We are writing history today,” Wilders proclaimed, saying he had made sure the three other coalition …

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10 months ago

Bulgaria's prime minister resigns as planned, part of a power-sharing agreement

The Independent

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10 months ago

Half of Dutch think Rutte should step down as PM when taking NATO job

NL Times

Over half of Netherlands residents think Mark Rutte should immediately step down as outgoing Prime Minister if he is announced as the new Secretary General of NATO. If that happens, most Dutch think Johan Remkes should take over as outgoing Prime Minister while the Cabinet formation process continues, EenVandaag reported after surveying 23,118 members of its opinion panel. A quarter …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Focused on job at hand, not future role, says IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva

Live Mint

With just seven months to go in Kristalina Georgieva's term as head of the International Monetary Fund, she said on Tuesday that she isn't focused on whether to seek a second one. Keeping Georgieva on for a second term would answer longstanding concerns raised by emerging market and developing countries over the US-European duopoly at the two global financial institutions, …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Britain backs outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte to be the next Nato chief after Ben Wallace is snubbed for the job

Daily Mail

Britain has given its backing to outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte to be the next Nato chief. After Ben Wallace was snubbed for the job, No 10 said Mr Rutte has 'serious defence and security credentials' to be the alliance's next secretary-general. Britain has given its backing to outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte to be the next Nato …

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1 year ago

Japanese PM Kishida replaces four Cabinet ministers linked to 'slush funds' scandal

India TV News

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday replaced four of his Cabinet ministers linked to 'slush fund' allegations that have damaged his party's reputation and his authority within. The four ministers are Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, Agriculture Minister Ichiro Miyashita and Internal Affairs Minister Junji Suzuki. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who belongs to …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Party of far-right populist set for stunning victory in Dutch election

NPR

Party of far-right populist set for stunning victory in Dutch election Enlarge this image toggle caption Carl Court/Getty Images Carl Court/Getty Images BERLIN – He has called Islam a "backward religion," he's named the prophet Mohammad a "pedophile," he wants to ban mosques and now Geert Wilders and his party are poised to win the Dutch national election by a …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The top contenders to lead the Netherlands, from a former refugee to an anti-Islam populist

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — No fewer than 26 Dutch political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament when the Netherlands holds a general election Wednesday. Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius, People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, who could become the Netherlands’ first female prime minister, is a former refugee and now advocates cracking …

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1 year, 1 month ago

In a shock for Europe, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders records a massive win in Dutch elections

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge victory in Dutch elections, according to a near complete count of the vote early Thursday, in a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation once famed as a beacon of tolerance. Despite his harsh rhetoric, Wilders has already begun courting other right and center parties by saying …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Dutch foreign minister is the 'right man' to fill European Commission post, prime minister says

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Dutch voters will go to the polls on Nov. 22 after the fall of Mark Rutte’s coalition

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch voters will go to the polls on in an early general election on Nov. 22, the caretaker government announced Friday, a week after Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s four-party coalition quit over its failure to agree a package of measures to rein in migration. The vote for the 150 seats in the lower chamber of parliament …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will leave politics after election, marking end of a political era

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest serving premier, said Monday he will leave politics after an early general election sparked by a dispute over migration that led to his government’s resignation. Rutte, the 56-year-old leader of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, or VVD, announced his decision at a hastily arranged parliamentary debate …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The Dutch prime minister hands in his resignation as the government collapses over migration

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited the king Saturday to hand in the resignation of his four-party coalition, setting the deeply divided Netherlands on track for a general election later this year. “We are the party that can ensure a majority to significantly restrict the flow of asylum seekers,” said Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The Dutch prime minister hands in his resignation as the government collapses over migration

LA Times

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte sits in a car as he leaves Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, Netherlands, on Saturday after he informed King Willem-Alexander that his coalition government has resigned. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited the king Saturday to hand in the resignation of his four-party coalition, setting the deeply divided Netherlands on track for a …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Dutch Prime Minister resigns because of deadlock on thorny issue of migration, paving way for new elections

The Hindu

The Dutch government collapsed Friday, June 7, 2023, because of irreconcilable differences within the four-party coalition about how to rein in migration, a divisive issue that has split nations across Europe. Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Party for Freedom, tweeted, “Quick elections now.” Across the political spectrum, Green Left leader Jesse Klaver also called for elections and told Dutch …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Ukraine’s economy shows ‘resilience’ from Russian attacks, IMF says as it backs aid

Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany — Ukraine’s economy is showing “remarkable resilience” following Russian attacks on its electricity infrastructure, officials from the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday as they signed off on an initial loan of $900 million and raised their estimate for the country’s economic growth. But he warned that the economic outlook faces “exceptionally high risks.” “Through the winter, Ukraine faced …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Novice politician Jakov Milatovic wins Montenegro presidency

Associated Press

PODGORICA, Montenegro — Economy expert and political novice Jakov Milatovic won the presidential runoff election in Montenegro on Sunday, defeating the pro-Western incumbent who has been in power for more than three decades in the small NATO member nation in Europe, the candidates and polls said. Milatovic, who is backed by Montenegro’s governing majority, won around 60% in the vote …

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1 year, 10 months ago

EU dampens Bulgaria’s hopes of joining eurozone before 2025

Associated Press

SOFIA, Bulgaria — A senior European Union official on Thursday dampened Bulgaria’s aspirations for a swift adoption of the euro currency as the Balkan country doesn’t meet all required entry criteria. European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis told reporters before his meetings with Bulgarian officials that the country wouldn’t become a eurozone member before the beginning of 2025. Bulgaria, which …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Former UK PM Boris Johnson's brother resigns as director of Adani linked firm

India TV News

Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson's younger brother resigned from the post of non-executive director of a UK-based investment firm linked with the now-withdrawn Adani Enterprises Follow-on Public Offer. "I joined the board of Elara Capital, an India-focused investment firm based in London, as an independent non-executive director last June in the hope of making a contribution to UK-India …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Paschal Donohoe is re-elected as head of Eurogroup

The Independent

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2 years, 2 months ago

Tough challenges await new British PM Rishi Sunak

Hindustan Times

Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third prime minister in two months on Tuesday, tasked with tackling a mounting economic crisis, a warring political party and a deeply divided country in one of the greatest challenges to confront any new leader. Sunak, Britain’s youngest prime minister for more than 200 years and its first leader of colour, replaced Liz Truss who resigned …

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2 years, 2 months ago

New U.K. PM Rishi Sunak retains Finance, Foreign and Defence Ministers, re-appoints Suella Braverman as Interior Minister

The Hindu

Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on October 25 retained several senior ministers from predecessor Liz Truss’s top team, including Jeremy Hunt as Finance Minister, as he bids for a stable transition. Mr. Sunak also kept his most recent leadership rival Penny Mordaunt, who withdrew from the race Monday after failing to secure enough Tory MPs’ support, as Leader of …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Rishi Sunak takes lead in UK PM race as Boris Johnson backs out: Report

India Today

Boris Johnson has announced that he will not stand for the Tory leadership contest, BBC reported. With this, Britain's former finance minister Rishi Sunak could end up becoming the country's next prime minister. Johnson's statement likely paves the way for his arch rival, the 42-year-old former finance minister Sunak, to become prime minister, possibly as soon as Monday. He said …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak hold one-on-one talks amid UK leadership race

Hindustan Times

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, contenders to be the next UK prime minister, held face-to-face talks Saturday to discuss the Conservative leadership contest, according to people familiar with the discussions, seeking a deal that would eliminate the need to take a potentially divisive runoff vote between them to party members. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak meet for talks as UK PM race heats up: Report

India Today

The race to elect a new Conservative Party leader, who will take charge as British Prime Minister this coming week, heated up on Saturday as rivals Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak held face-to-face talks, reported news agency AFP quoting multiple reports. Former Indian-origin British chancellor Rishi Sunak holds an early advantage in the latest race for the Conservative Party leadership …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Bring back Boris: Swing voters show less trust in Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, reveals research

India Today

At least 49 per cent of Tory supporters still wish former British PM Boris Johnson was not ousted from the PM race and would have preferred him to Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, research has revealed. Read: Excited to keep going in UK PM race, says Rishi Sunak as polls favour Liz Truss Richard, a plumber in the marginal seat …

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2 years, 4 months ago

UK leadership hopeful Liz Truss downplays prospect of recession

Firstpost

Truss, the frontrunner in polls to beat rival Rishi Sunak and become Britain’s next prime minister, pledged in an interview to lead a ‘small business and self-employed revolution’ if in power London, United Kingdom: Tory leadership favourite Liz Truss downplayed Sunday the prospect of a UK recession, while the man tipped to be her finance minister vowed “help is coming” …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Economy eclipses other issues in UK Conservative contest

Associated Press

LONDON — Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China, a changing climate. Truss says hiking taxes amid a cost-of-living crisis is “morally wrong,” while Sunak says “it’s not moral” to pass bills on to future generations. The less emollient Truss has the support of hardline Conservative Brexiteers, despite …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Economy eclipses other issues in UK Conservative contest

Firstpost

Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China and a changing climate London: Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China, a changing climate. Truss says hiking taxes amid a cost-of-living crisis is “morally wrong,” while Sunak says …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Who is UK’s PM candidate Rishi Sunak?

Al Jazeera

Rishi Sunak is currently the favourite in the race to succeed Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Rishi Sunak is currently the favourite in the race to succeed United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but opinions on him are divided. “Sunak was operating under a PM who was keen to spend money, particularly on infrastructure projects designed to deliver the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Fmr. Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem nominated as mayor of Eindhoven

NL Times

The city council of Eindhoven nominated former Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the city's new mayor on Tuesday afternoon. If King Willem-Alexander gives his approval, Dijsselbloem will succeed VVD member John Jorritsma, who announced last year that he did not want to extend his six-year term as mayor. Dijsselbloem, 56, has been the chair of the Dutch Safety Board and …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Who are the top contenders in race to replace Boris Johnson as UK PM?

Live Mint

A total of nine Conservative MPs have so far launched their bid to replace Boris Johnson as the new prime minister of the United Kingdom. The early favourite is former finance minister Rishi Sunak, who launched his campaign Friday after helping to kickstart the cabinet revolt that led to Johnson's forced resignation Thursday. Sunak and former health minister Sajid Javid …

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2 years, 6 months ago

IMF closely monitoring situation in Sri Lanka; hopes for political crisis resolution to resume bailout deal talks

The Hindu

The IMF on July 10 said that it was closely monitoring the ongoing developments in Sri Lanka and hoped that the political crisis will be resolved soon to allow for the resumption of dialogue on an IMF-supported programme in the cash-starved country. Thousands of irate anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Saturday stormed into embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence …

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2 years, 6 months ago

U.K. transport minister latest Tory MP to unveil bid to replace Johnson

The Hindu

Britain’s transport secretary on Saturday became the fifth Conservative MP to launch a bid to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a long-shot addition to the growing and already acrimonious leadership race. Other candidacies Alongside Mr. Sunak, attorney general and arch-Brexiteer Suella Braverman, the relatively unknown former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch and backbench Tory MP Tom Tugendhat have announced their candidacies. …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Rishi Sunak, former UK finance minister, bids to replace Boris Johnson

Live Mint

Day after Boris Johnson said that he would stand down as the prime minister of UK, former British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday that he was running to replace Johnson. Race to succeed Johnson kicks off The race to succeed Boris Johnson as the UK PM kicked off just hours after he announced his resignation, with outsiders making …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Brexit to exit: A timeline of Boris Johnson’s career as British Prime Minister

The Hindu

Boris Johnson rode his luck throughout his career, bouncing back from a succession of setbacks and scandals that would have sunk other less popular politicians. "I didn't like the fact he was on the right," Gaia Servadio, who died last year, was quoted as saying by Mr. Johnson's biographer Tom Bower. From there he fed the growing Conservative Euroscepticism of …

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2 years, 6 months ago

UK PM names Nadhim Zahawi as new finance minister after Rishi Sunak resigns

Hindustan Times

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson late Tuesday named his Iraqi-born education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, as finance minister after the shock resignation of Rishi Sunak. UK PM names Nadhim Zahawi as new finance minister after Rishi Sunak resigns Downing Street said Queen Elizabeth II had approved the appointment of Zahawi, who came to Britain as a child with his Kurdish family …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Profiles of Sunak and Javid, who quit Johnson’s Cabinet

Associated Press

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government faced a new crisis Tuesday after two of his most senior Cabinet ministers resigned within minutes of each other. Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit, saying the government under Johnson’s leadership was no longer competent or “acting in the national interest.” The apparently coordinated exits came after Johnson …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka PM to take over as finance minister too

Al Jazeera

Wickremesinghe will present an interim budget within six weeks that will slash government expenditure ‘to the bone’. Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will take charge as finance minister as well, the president’s office has announced, and will lead talks with the International Monetary Fund as the crisis-hit nation seeks a bailout. “Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as …

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2 years, 8 months ago

IMF steering committee forgoes communique due to Russian objections

The Hindu

Russia's refusal to agree to strong language condemning its war in Ukraine prevented the steering committee of the International Monetary Fund from issuing a formal communique on April 21, the panel's chair said. "Unfortunately, due to one member country breaking away we didn't have the unanimity so as to have the communique," Spanish Finance Minister Nadia Calvino, who heads the …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Netherlands scaling up plans for Ukrainian refugees; Rutte to address Ukrainian people

NL Times

The Netherlands will be "generous" in offering shelter to asylum seekers fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a press conference on the war on Thursday. According to Rutte, the refugee flow is "a very visible consequence" of the war Russia is waging on Ukraine. Hosting so many refugees is "an enormous amount of work," …

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