Philip Blenkinsop

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Position: Senior Correspondent, Belgium & Luxembourg

I am responsible for Reuters news out of Belgium and Luxembourg, which has led to many long nights outside parliament in Brussels awaiting news of fraught coalition talks and state bailouts of Belgian banks. I have previously worked in London, Amsterdam, where my work included consumer electronics group Philips and the Lockerbie trial, and Berlin, where I covered the Hamburg trials of suspected September 11 conspirators.

Articles

Movetis seeking up to 112.4 million euros in IPO November 20, 09:23am EST

BRUSSELS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Belgian drugmaker Movetis said it could raise up to 112.4 million euros ($167 million) in an initial public offering to help fund the European launch of its Resolor treatment for chronic constipation in women. Full Article

Fluxys raises 350 mln euros from bond issue

UPDATE 3-KBC slims down over state aid, remains bancassurer

UPDATE 1-KBC says EU ruling on state aid due Wednesday

UPDATE 1-D'Ieteren raises full-year profit forecast

Blog Posts

Monks take back seat in Trappist beer success story

Bottles of Westmalle beer are seen at the production line at Westmalle brewery September 22, 2009. Monks may no longer show up on the factory floor at Westmalle, but they ensure its marketing is earnest and have capped production at 120,000 hectolitres (12 million litres), making it the second largest Trappist brewer, after Chimay. Picture taken September 22, 2009. To match feature BELGIUM-BEER/TRAPPISTS REUTERS/Yves Herman Full Article | Comments [3]

What holds Belgium together?

Is there anything more holding Belgium together than "the king, the football team and certain beers"-- as Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme once said? Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia ... Full Article | Comments [4]