(IN BRIEF) Nicola Beer has been appointed as the first female Vice-President on the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Management Committee, representing Germany. With a background in law and politics, Beer brings extensive experience from her roles as a member of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News
Tagged appointment, EIB, First Female German Vice-President, Germany, ledership, management committee, Nicola Beer, partnership, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) applauds the European Council’s decision to initiate EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, while also granting candidate country status to Georgia. EIB President Werner Hoyer emphasizes the positive impact of enlargement on … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Moldova, News, Ukraine
Tagged EU, European Investment Bank, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA, partnership, sustainability, UKRAINE, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) Board of Directors has endorsed a €5 billion initiative aimed at bolstering wind energy equipment manufacturing companies as part of the European Wind Power Package. This strategic investment supports the transition to net … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Luxembourg, Management, News
Tagged EIB, Europe, investments, partnership, sustainability, Werner Hoyer, Wind Energy Manufacturing
(IN BRIEF) European Union finance ministers have given their unanimous support to Nadia Calviño’s candidacy for the presidency of the European Investment Bank (EIB) during discussions held at the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. Calviño, currently … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) At COP28 in Dubai, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Bill Gates, Founder of Breakthrough Energy, and European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer revealed the first two European projects selected for support through the EU-Catalyst partnership: Ørsted’s FlagshipONE … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Bill Gates, EIB, Energy Dome’s Ottana CO2 Battery, EU-Catalyst, Green Tech Projects, investment, partnership, sustainability, Ursula von der Leyen, Werner Hoyer, Ørsted’s FlagshipONE
(IN BRIEF) At COP28, Ørsted announced that its FlagshipONE project, Europe’s largest e-methanol plant, has received support from the EU-Catalyst Partnership, including the European Commission, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, and the European Investment Bank. This partnership will aid in advancing carbon-neutral … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, carbon-neutral shipping, COP28, decarbonisation of shipping, e-methanol plant, EU-Catalyst Partnership, European Commission, European Investment Bank, FlagshipONE, Global shipping, Mads Nipper, Övik Energi, Rodi Guidero, Werner Hoyer, Ørsted
(IN BRIEF) In a significant announcement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, the European Investment Bank (EIB) revealed its pioneering approach to a just transition and just resilience on a global scale. The EIB Group introduced … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Luxembourg
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Climate Action, climate change, COP28, Dubai, EIB, EIB Global, EIB Group Climate Bank Roadmap, energy security, environmental sustainability, European Investment Fund, Gelsomina Vigliotti, green energy transition, green finance, net-zero economy, The EIB Group, The European Investment Bank, Thomas Östros, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) President Werner Hoyer and Vice-President Teresa Czerwińska visited Kyiv to reaffirm the EIB’s commitment to Ukraine. During the visit, they inaugurated the EIB Regional Hub for Eastern Europe in Kyiv, strengthening support for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Ukraine
Tagged Denys Shmyhal, EIB, Katarína Mathernová, Kyiv, recovery, Regional Hub, Teresa Czerwinska, UKRAINE, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) Yikri, supported by Entrepreneurs du Monde, has been awarded the prestigious €100,000 European Microfinance Award 2023 by the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of Luxembourg. Yikri focuses on social microfinance as a means of poverty alleviation, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Awards, Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Small Business, Society, Technology
Tagged Awards, Burkina Faso EIB, Christophe Schiltz, Entrepreneurs du Monde, European Microfinance Award 2023, Hunger, Innovative Poverty Alleviation, Maria Teresa, partnership, poverty, society, sustainability, Werner Hoyer, Yikri
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €150 million 15-year loan agreement with the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO) to support the deployment of electricity smart meters across Greece. This initiative aims to enhance the efficiency … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Greece, Luxembourg, Technology
Tagged EIB, electricity smart meters, energy distribution, energy transition, Greece, HEDNO, Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator, Mr Anastasios Manos, renewable energy, The European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Veridos Matsoukis, a secure identity document printer, have agreed on a €10.5 million 10-year loan to expand Greece’s capacity to produce secure passports, identity cards, and official documents. This investment project, totaling … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Security & Safety
Tagged Dimitris Matsoukis, EIB, EIB financing, European Investment Bank, European security, Greece, identity cards, Marc-Julian Siewert, official documents, passports, secure ID documents, secure identity documents, SESI initiative, Veridos Matsoukis, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The EU, represented by Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi and EIB President Werner Hoyer, has announced a €16 million grant through EIB Global to enhance road safety in Georgia along the East-West highway. The project aims to improve physical safety … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Security & Safety
Tagged East-West Highway, EIB, EIB Global, EU, GEORGIA, Irakli Garibashvili, Olivér Várhelyi, partnership, road safety, sustainability, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) Four multilateral development banks, including the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the World Bank, have agreed to harmonize their procurement practices for public … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Ukraine
Tagged Ajay Banga, Carlo Monticelli, CEB, EBRD, EIB, Odile Renaud-Basso, partnership, reconstruction, sustainability, UKRAINE, Werner Hoyer, World Bank
(IN BRIEF) The European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have unveiled a groundbreaking financing partnership aimed at addressing global health challenges. The partnership, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Education, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Catherine Russell, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, EIB, Eradicate Polio, European Commission, health innovation, Melinda French Gates, partnership, sustainability, UNICEF, Ursula von der Leyen, Werner Hoyer, WHO
(IN BRIEF) The heads of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have convened in Paris to urge European government leaders, financial institutions, and industries to commit to a swift, equitable, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Media, News, Society, Sweden
Tagged Christine LAGARDE, clean energy transition, Conference, European Central Bank (ECB), European Investment Bank (EIB), European Leaders, Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency (IEA), leadership, Paris, partnership, sustainability, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) is set to join the 2023 Finance in Common Summit in Cartagena, Colombia, from September 4th to 6th. Key highlights include President Werner Hoyer’s address on Sustainable Development Goals, unveiling the EIB Climate … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Luxembourg has pledged an additional €4.8 million to the EIB Global’s Financial Inclusion Fund, bringing the fund’s total size to €11.5 million. The fund supports financial service providers that focus on vulnerable groups in African, Caribbean, and Pacific … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged EIB, finance, Financial Inclusion Fund, Franz Fayot, Kris Peeters, Luxembourg, microentrepreneurs, microfinance, SMEs, Werner Hoyer, Yuriko Backes
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has taken significant steps to promote sustainable development in Chile during the EU-CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government. The EIB announced its first-ever residential mortgage-based loan outside the EU, providing €200 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Banco del Estado de Chile, Chile, Diego Pardow, EBRD, EU-CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government, Gabriel Boric, partnership, Renewable hydrogen, sustainability, Ursula von der Leyen, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €6.6 billion of new financing to support sustainable transport, clean energy, corporate innovation, and education investment worldwide. The EIB Board of Directors also adopted a mid-term review of the EIB’s Energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged clean energy, corporate innovation, Czech rail network, Education, EIB, electric vehicle, electric vehicle battery, energy efficiency, Energy Lending Policy, European Investment Bank, European Rail Traffic Management System, financing, Madrid metro network, renewable energy, REPowerEU, rooftop solar power, school campuses, sustainable transport, sustainable urban transport, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank held a meeting at its headquarters in Luxembourg with representatives of civil society groups to discuss how the bank can respond better to global challenges including climate change, environmental degradation, poverty, and conflicts. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Society
Tagged civil society groups, climate change, conflicts, environmental degradation, environmental groups, global challenges, poverty, The European Investment Bank, Transparency Policy, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Commission and the European Investment Bank have jointly announced an investment of €18 billion under the Global Gateway initiative, Europe’s investment strategy for partner countries. This investment will focus on the priority areas of Global Gateway, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg
Tagged clean energy, Climate Action, connectivity, European Investment Bank, financing, Global Gateway, The European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Werner Hoyer
(IN KÜRZE) Die Europäische Investitionsbank (EIB) hat die „Initiative EU für die Ukraine“ ins Leben gerufen, um die Wiederaufbau- und Wiederaufbaubemühungen in der Ukraine nach der massiven russischen Invasion im Jahr 2022 zu unterstützen. Die Initiative umfasst die Einrichtung eines … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Non Profit, Society, Ukraine
Tagged Denys Shmyhal, EIB, EU für die Ukraine-Initiative, Europäische Kommission, Europäische Union, Serhiy Marchenko, Teresa Czerwinska, UKRAINE, Ukraine-Fonds, Unterstützung der Ukraine, Valdis Dombrovskis, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched the “EU for Ukraine Initiative” to support reconstruction and recovery efforts in Ukraine, following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. The initiative includes the establishment of a Trust Fund to enable … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LUXEMBOURG, 13-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, has announced it will receive financial support from the The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the amount of EUR 1.3 million … Read the full press release
(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) LUXEMBOURG, 13-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — La Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI), le bras prêteur de l’Union européenne, a annoncé qu’il recevrait un soutien financier du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg d’un montant de 1,3 million d’euros pour son programme de … Read the full press release
Interview and briefing opportunities with EIB Vice-President Andrew McDowell, EIB Director of Economics Debora Revoltella, Director of the Center on Global Economic Governance at Columbia University Professor Jan Svejnar. KIRCHBERG, Luxembourg, 28-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On 28 and 29 November, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Technology
Tagged Andrew McDowell, Catherine L. Mann, Claudio Borio, Conference, Debora Revoltella, digitalisation, ECB, EIB, investment, Jan Svejnar, Jean Tirole, Jean-Pierre Mustier, Klaus Regling, Klaus Zimmermann, Luis de Guindos, Luxembourg, MIT, Peter Praet, Pier Carlo Padoan, Professor Jan Svejnar, Reinhilde Veugelers, skills, SUERF, Technological Transformation, transformation, Vitor Gaspar, Werner Hoyer
LUXEMBOURG 10-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB), the world’s largest multilateral public bank and largest issuer of green bonds, today (05/07/2017) celebrated the 10th anniversary of the world’s first “Climate Awareness Bond” at the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg
Tagged Climate Awareness Bond, EIB, Pierre Gramegna, Robert Scharfe, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Werner Hoyer
LONDON, 07-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Vienna Initiative has agreed to establish a Working Group on Capital Markets Union. This follows the European Union’s push to strengthen Capital Markets which will have a major impact on financing of investment and sustaining growth … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Croatia, Economy, European Union, Financial, Luxembourg
Tagged Boris Vujčić, CESEE, Investment Diversification, Werner Hoyer, ”Vienna Initiative”
EIB President Hoyer: EU must tackle the gap in competitiveness – Investment in innovation is key BERLIN, 26-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Two internationally renowned European scholars in the field of managerial and technological innovation were awarded the EIB Prize for … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Economy, Education, European Union, Financial, Germany, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged EIB Prize for excellence in economic research, Freie Universität Berlin, London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor John Van Reenen, Professor Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University, Werner Hoyer
20-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 235 million to PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. (PLK) for the upgrading of 92.5 km of an existing electrified railway line from Warsaw to Radom. This is a continuation of the EIB’s … Read the full press release
01-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The first transaction under the Project Bond Credit Enhancement initiative has successfully taken place. Investment in the Castor underground gas storage project, that will provide storage for 30% of Spain’s daily gas consumption, was supported by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Spain
Tagged ACS Group, capital market financing, Castor, Castor underground gas storage project, Dundee Energy, EIB, Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative, Olli REHN, Project Bond Credit Enhancement, Spain, underground gas storage, Werner Hoyer
Athens / Luxembourg, 12-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) provides up to EUR 500 million for trade finance to support foreign trade oriented small and medium sized companies (SMEs) in Greece. The EIB, as a long-term lender, has adapted to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Greece, International Trade, Investment, Luxembourg
Tagged Alexandros Tourkolias, Angela Kurrle, Antonis Samaras, Athens, EIB, Greece, Jay Collins, Kostis Hatzidakis, Luxembourg, Mihai Tanasescu, Nicholas Nanopoulos, Richard Groves, Stavros Lekkakos, The European Investment Bank, trade finance facility, Werner Hoyer, Yiannis Stournaras
Ankara / Luxembourg, 10-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank is providing EUR 200 million to the Turkish State Railways, as a further contribution to upgrading the country’s main transport corridor between Ankara and Istanbul. This additional funding brings total EIB … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Transportation & Logistics, Turkey
Tagged Ankara, EIB, High Speed Rail Line, İbrahim Çanakcı, İstanbul, Istanbul-Ankara High Speed Rail Line, Luxembourg, Pim Van Ballekom, railway, transport corridor, Turkish State Railways, Werner Hoyer
Vilnius, 4-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer, has signed a EUR 50 million loan agreement with Lithuanian Railways today for the acquisition of modern rolling stock. After the support for the upgrading of … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Lithuania, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged CIS countries, EIB, Lithuania, Lithuanian Railways, loan, locomotives, Modernisation, platform wagons, railway infrastructure, railway modernisation, Railways, rolling stock, Stasys Dailydka, Vilnius, wagons, Werner Hoyer
Nicosia, 31-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide EUR 100 million for key investments in Cyprus. The loan will be used to part-finance investments totalling EUR 1 177 million in areas identified under the National Strategic Reference Framework … Read the full press release
“The time has come to start complementing “development finance” by “investment finance” , says EIB President Werner Hoyer 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Long-Term Investors Club organized its 5th international conference in Rabat on May 24, 2013 on the theme of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Investment
Tagged Africa, African SME, Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion, Dr. Ulrich Schröder, EIB, H.M. King Mohamed VI, infrastructure in Africa, investment, investment opportunities, Investors Club, KfW, Mr. Anass Houir Alami, Mr. Omar Kabbaj, Rabat, raw materials, The Long-Term Investors Club, Werner Hoyer
Rome, 22-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) signed in Rome today a €600 million loan for rebuilding industrial infrastructure in areas hit by the earthquake in Emilia-Romagna one year ago. The EIB was … Read the full press release
EIB attaches high importance to small and medium-sized enterprises 16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) attaches the highest importance to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in order to promote growth and jobs in Europe. The President of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business
Tagged EIB, EU bank, European Investment Bank, medium-sized businesses, small businesses, SMEs, Werner Hoyer
13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — It is vital that small and medium-sized businesses are able to invest, even during a downturn. The EIB Group (EIB and EIF) is increasing its support to SMEs for the period 2013 to 2015 thanks to … Read the full press release
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