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EIB provides EUR 140m loan to Elektrocieplownia Stalowa Wola, Poland

PRESS RELEASE -- 14, May 2013

14-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a PLN 566m (some EUR 140m) loan to Elektrocieplownia Stalowa Wola for the construction of a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station with an electric capacity of 450 … Read the full press release

EIB €140m loan to finance wind farms in Lower Austria

PRESS RELEASE -- 9, May 2013

Windpower in Austria: Energiepark Bruck receives EIB loan Bruck, 9-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a EUR 140 million loan to finance wind farms in Lower Austria. A first EUR 28 million instalment was signed today in Bruck by … Read the full press release

EIB loans EUR 55m to Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal for renewable energy

PRESS RELEASE -- 8, May 2013

Kathmandu, 8-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 55 million (NPR approx 6.41 billion) loan to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal to finance the construction and operation of the Tanahu Hydropower plant. The finance contract … Read the full press release

Applications for 2013 EIB-I Social Innovation Tournament in Budapest, Hungary accepted until 15 May

PRESS RELEASE -- 8, May 2013

8-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The final event of the Social Innovation Tournament organized by the EIB Institute will take place in Budapest, Hungary − the country of one of the first 2012 winner. The call for innovative projects pursuing fight against … Read the full press release

EC adopts new strategy to encourage use of green infrastructure

PRESS RELEASE -- 6, May 2013

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission adopted today a new strategy for encouraging the use of green infrastructure, and for ensuring that the enhancement of natural processes becomes a systematic part of spatial planning. Green Infrastructure is a tried and … Read the full press release

EDA Portugal receives EIB funding for renewable energy and transmission

PRESS RELEASE -- 3, May 2013

Luxembourg, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a first tranche of EUR 50 million – out of EUR 72, 5 million loan – to Electricidade dos Açores S.A. (EDA) in support of the company’s 2011-2016 investment programme. The project … Read the full press release

Amadeus IT Group, S.A. received unsecured loan of €150m with a 9 year maturity to finance its R&D activities between 2013 and 2015

PRESS RELEASE -- 2, May 2013

2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — he European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s long-term financing institution, has granted a second loan for Amadeus IT Group, S.A., subsidiary of Amadeus IT Holding S.A. (Amadeus: “AMS.MC”), a leading technology partner for the global travel … Read the full press release

EIB submits SEC Form 18-K

PRESS RELEASE -- 2, May 2013

2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) has submitted its SEC Form 18-K. To view the document, please go to www.sec.gov. The 18-K has also been posted on the EIB website at the following location: http://www.eib.org/investor_relations/publications/2012-eib-annual-18-k-report.htm ###

EUR 100m EIB loan for key investments in Cyprus

PRESS RELEASE -- 2, May 2013

2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank approved today a loan of up to EUR 100 million for key investments in Cyprus. The loan will be used for investments in priority areas identified in the National Strategic Reference Framework, which … Read the full press release

EIB & Millennium bcp agree on EUR 200m to finance SMEs in Portugal

PRESS RELEASE -- 1, May 2013

Luxembourg,  1-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Millennium bcp signed an agreement of EUR 200 million to finance small and medium-sized projects promoted essentially by SMEs and Mid-Cap companies. Millennium bcp is also committed to providing its own resources to … Read the full press release

EIB President Werner Hoyer at the Brookings Institution

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, April 2013

29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The President of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, participated at the margin of the IMF / World Bank spring meetings at a panel discussion “The Way Forward for the Eurozone and Europe: A Conversation with European … Read the full press release

The European Investment Bank will step up its annual lending by more than 40 percent, to around EUR 70bn

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, April 2013

29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EIB is one of “five major building blocks” for economic recovery and sustainability according to an editorial article published today in the International Herald Tribune and co-signed by Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs; Jeroen … Read the full press release

EUR 45m EIB funding to help Puratos focus on developing new fermentation-based functionalities, yeast components and emulsifiers to the bakery sector

PRESS RELEASE -- 26, April 2013

EIB and Puratos, a leading company in its field in the food industry, signed a loan contract for EUR 45 million that will be dedicated to Puratos European research and development programme until 2015. 26-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Puratos Group is a Belgian-Spanish family-owned group active in the production and commercialisation of ingredients … Read the full press release

Janez Potočnik: Towards Green Growth: Seizing Business Opportunities

PRESS RELEASE -- 25, April 2013

Janez Potočnik – European Commissioner for Environment Green Economy Forum (Dublin Chamber of Commerce) Dublin, 25-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and Gentlemen, People in Europe are looking for ways to recover from the devastation of the economic and financial crisis. Governments are searching … Read the full press release

What President Barroso actually said at the Brussels Think Tank Dialogue on 22 April 2013

PRESS RELEASE -- 25, April 2013

Austerity and growth debate Brussels, 25-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Matina Stevis (moderator): The role of the institutions of the Commission within the context of this crisis can surely not just be to provide intellectual leadership or aspiration. Surely it must be to be … Read the full press release

Karin Rysavy nominated alternate member of the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank

PRESS RELEASE -- 19, April 2013

19-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — By letter received by EIB on 11 March 2013, the Republic of Austria nominated, by common accord with the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom … Read the full press release

The European Investment Bank successfully prices USD 5 billion 3-year benchmark

PRESS RELEASE -- 19, April 2013

19-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today the European Investment Bank (‘EIB’) priced a new Global benchmark issue in the 3-year sector. This is EIB’s second US Dollar Global benchmark in 2013, and its first appearance in this tenor since May 2012. The issue … Read the full press release

The European Investment Bank signed Memorandum of Understanding with Tajikistan to deepen cooperation

PRESS RELEASE -- 12, April 2013

Luxembourg/Brussels, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Wilhelm Molterer and the Chairman of State Committee on Investments and State Property Management, Davlatali Saidov, in the presence of the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, have signed a Memorandum … Read the full press release

The European Investment Bank lends EUR 238m for the construction of the central section of Warsaw’s new metro new line

PRESS RELEASE -- 10, April 2013

Warsaw/Luxembourg, 10-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending PLN 1 billion (some EUR 238 million) for the construction of the central section of Warsaw’s new metro new line, providing additional EIB support for the development of sustainable public … Read the full press release

Olli REHN: Recovery from the crisis – Coherent policies for growth and jobs

PRESS RELEASE -- 10, April 2013

Olli REHN – Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro ILO European Regional Meeting – High-level tripartite ILO/IMF/EC panel discussion – Oslo Oslo, 10-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and Gentlemen, Regrettably, due to … Read the full press release