2X Challenge plans to raise US$ 15 billion by end-2022 Enhancing women’s access to entrepreneurship and leadership opportunities (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 9-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announces that it has joined the 2X … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Small Business, Society
Tagged 2X Challenge, Austrian Development Bank, bank, Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, bio, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, CDC Group, coronavirus pandemic, Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries, DEG, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, EBRD, EIB, empowerment of women, Enda Tamweel, Entrepreneurship, European Investment Bank, FinDev Canada, FinnFund, FMO, G7, gender equality, gender finance target, German Development Finance Institution, IFC, IFU, initiative, International Finance Corporation, investments, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Jessica Espinoza, leadership opportunities, Odile Renaud-Basso, OeEB, PEG Africa, policy engagement, Proparco, quality jobs, support for women, Sustainable Development Goals, Swedfund, Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States International Development Finance Corporation, WOMEN
The EIB will use the Pan-European Guarantee Fund (EGF) to facilitate UniCredit lending to large, medium and small companies Around 100 large and mid-corporates and more than 10,000 SMEs across Italy stand to benefit Long-term loans and working-capital financing available … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Italy, News, Small Business
Tagged Covid-19 crisis, EGF, EIB, European Investment Bank, financing, investments, loans, Pan-European Guarantee Fund, Post-COVID recovery, UNICREDIT, UniCredit loan
(PRESS RELEASE) LUXEMBOURG, 5-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, has announced it will support the Polish start-up specialized in customized packaging with EUR 7.5 million loan. Packhelp’s online marketplace addresses … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Industrial, Investment, News, Poland, Technology
Tagged customized packaging, EGFF, EIB, European Growth Finance Facility, loan, package, Packhelp, SMEs, start-up, The European Investment Bank
€125 million loan granted to BATIGERE Network subsidiary dedicated to building affordable housing in France 1 500 home builds planned over five years for 3 500 residents Operation guaranteed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) (PRESS RELEASE) KIRCHBERG, Luxembourg, 11-Jan-2021 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Financial, France, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Real Estate
Tagged affordable housing in France, Ambroise Fayolle, BATIGERE Network, construction, EFSI, EIB, EIB loan, EU climate bank, European Fund for Strategic Investments, European Investment Bank, financing, Grand Est, housing, Île-de-France, Livie, low-rent housing cooperative, Lyon, Marseille, middle-income workers, Nantes, Nice, Paolo Gentiloni, Paris, Pascal Barbottin, Pau, Rhône-Alpes, Strasbourg, Sud, Toulouse
Financing deal worth €15.0 million signed to support clinical development programme for masitinib Masitinib developed as a credible candidate for treating COVID-19 in addition to other diseases for which no therapeutic solutions are available (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 30-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, France, Healthcare, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Pharma & Biotech, Small Business
Tagged 3CL protease, AB Science SA, Alain Moussy, Ambroise Fayolle, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, chemotherapy, COVID-19, COVID-19 treatment, EIB, European Commission, European Fund for Strategic Investments, European Investment Bank, European Union, financing, health crisis, Horizon 2020, immunotherapeutic, inflammatory disease, innovationm, InnovFin, investments, kinase inhibitors, kinases, loan, macrophages, masitinib, microglia, neurological diseases, oncology, PKIs, RESEARCH, SARS-CoV-2, tyrosine kinase inhibitor
(PRESS RELEASE) ARNHEM, Netherlands, 9-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — TenneT Holding B.V. and The European Investment Bank (EIB) sign EUR 250 million loan agreement to finance the western section of TenneT’s “Zuidwest 380 kV” project. The EIB financing will support the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Netherlands, News
Tagged Andrew McDowell, Borssele, EIB, European electricity markets, financing, grid, loan agreement, offshore wind energy, Otto Jager, Rilland, TenneT Holding B.V., The European Investment Bank, transmission line, wind farms, Zuidwest 380 kV project
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
Seven kilometres of new road to improve connection to EU border and divert heavy traffic from city of Ungheni LONDON, 06-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ambassador Peter Michalko, Head of the European Union Delegation in Moldova and Moldova’s Prime Minister, Pavel Filip, have launched a bypass … Read the full press release
Loans totalling €130 million will finance investments in new electricity and heat cogeneration units in Zagreb to replace outdated oil- and gas-fired turbines and boilers EBRD, EIB and EU Commission join forces to support Croatia’s energy company HEP Modern and environmentally friendly system to benefit population … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Croatia, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged EBRD, EIB, electricity, EU Commission, Frane Barbarić, gas_turbines, heat, heat_supply, Juncker_Plan, Jyrki Katainen, loan, Modernisation, thermal_energy, Zagreb
LUXEMBOURG, 13-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — As announced at One Planet Summit in Paris, the EU Bank is to collaborate with the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) to help cities finance climate action and build greener cities for future generations. The new partnership is … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, France, Luxembourg
Tagged EIB, Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM), Global Urbis, Paris Agreement
LUXEMBOURG, 23-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The EIB has launched calls for tenders to appoint an execution design team and a construction project manager for its new building project located on the Kirchberg campus next to the buildings it currently occupies. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Luxembourg
Tagged construction project manager, EIB, execution design team
LUXEMBOURG, 27-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In June 2017, Mr Paschal DONOHOE was appointed as Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. He also becomes EIB Governor for Ireland, succeeding Mr Michael NOONAN. Before his appointment as Minister for Finance and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged EIB, EIB Governor for Ireland, European Investment Bank, Michael NOONAN, Paschal Donohoe
LUXEMBOURG, 27-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — By letter dated 17 May 2017, the European Commission nominated Ms Kerstin JORNA for appointment as a Full Member of the Board of Directors of the EIB to succeed Mr Gerassimos THOMAS, who had tendered his … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Luxembourg, Management
Tagged EIB, European Investment Bank, Gerassimos THOMAS, Kerstin JORNA
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
LUXEMBOURG, 12-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Following his election to Mayor of Helsinki and the official appointment, Jan Vapaavuori has tendered his resignation from the post of Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee of the European Investment Bank (EIB) on 8 June 2017. Mr Vapaavuori took up the post of the EIB Vice-President on … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg
Tagged EIB, Jan Vapaavuori
LUXEMBOURG, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) attaches great importance to engaging with civil society and ensuring that policies and lending activity reflect the recognition of the importance of climate action, that the EIB shares with a broad … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, European Union, Luxembourg, Media
Tagged EIB, misleading statements in Climate Action Network (CAN) report
Luxembourg, 19-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The ACP Investment Facility, which has approved €5.7 billion worth of development projects over the last decade, adds value to the European Union’s development efforts and fits in well with its policy objectives, according to … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Luxembourg, Politics
Tagged ACP Investment Facility, EIB, EU Auditors, EU’s development efforts, Klaus-Heiner Lehne
Luxembourg, 30-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s long-term financing institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Meridiam, a leading global investor and asset manager specializing in public and community infrastructure today announced the agreement of a new €30 million catalyst investment in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Luxembourg
Tagged EIB, Meridiam, Meridiam Infrastructure Africa Fund, Pim Van Ballekom
Bristol is at the forefront of a global movement of cities that are reinventing what it means to be sustainable and resilient in the age of climate change. Luxembourg, 23-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Located in South West England, Bristol city, … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 16-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Two new financial instruments that aim to encourage greater private sector involvement in schemes that contribute to the twin climate priorities of reducing energy use and conserving natural capital, especially biodiversity, in Europe will be later … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management
Tagged biodiversity, Climate, EIB, ENERGY, European Commission, financial instruments, Jonathan Taylor, Miguel Arias Cañete
Luxembourg, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The EIB invested an unprecedented EUR 1.37bn in France between 12 and 16 May. Projects supported include the refurbishment of schools, investment in France’s small businesses, a motorway and sustainable public transport initiatives. These will all contribute … Read the full press release
The contemporary art collection of the European Investment Bank (EIB) is presented in the future Money Museum’s exhibition space at Banco de Portugal’s head office, in Lisbon’s historic centre. LISBON, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Within/Beyond Borders occupies part of the former Church … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 3-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 120 million to finance projects contributing to afforestation, improved forest protection and management and the upgrading of agricultural infrastructure in rural Slovakia. EIB Vice-President László Baranyay, responsible for … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Environment, Financial, Government, Investment, Luxembourg, Slovakia
Tagged afforestation, agricultural infrastructure, Dušan Ondrejička, EIB, EIB loan to Slovakia, EU Nitrates Directive, EUR 120 million, forest damaged by storms, forest fires, forest protection, forestry projects, László Baranyay, pest outbreaks, rural Slovakia, Slovakia, Slovakia forestry
Luxembourg, 3-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company with established core businesses in the automotive, building and energy storage industries, is strengthening its research and development in the field of eco-friendly automotive equipment. The European Investment Bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Investment, Luxembourg, Technology
Tagged automotive equipment, car seats, complete seating systems, eco-friendly automotive equipment, EIB, EUR 220m loan, Eva Henkel, Jean-Philippe De Waele, Johnson Controls, R&D activities loan, Wilhelm Molterer
Luxembourg / Budapest, Hungary, 9-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 250 million to finance the implementation ofHungary’s railway infrastructure rehabilitation and upgrading investment programme for the period2013-2016. The objective is to improve the safety, capacity and performance of the existingconventional railway infrastructure with positive impacts on commuters and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Luxembourg, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged banks, EIB, EU, Financial, Hungarian railways, Hungary, investment, loan, Luxembourg, railway infrastructure, The European Investment Bank, TRANSPORT
Luxembourg, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Byletter dated 12 November 2013, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland nominated, Ms Anna Wechsberg (Head of Europe Department, DFID) for appointment as an Alternate Member of the Board of Directors of the EIB … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Luxembourg, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Alternate Member, Anna Wechsberg, appointment, Board of Directors, EIB, nomination
Paris, France, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Yves Le Portz, third President of the European Investment Bank (from 1970 until 1984), passed away in Paris at the age of 93. Born in 1920, a high civil servant after World War II, Yves le … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Building upon a long-standing and fruitful cooperation between the two institutions, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 100 million loan to Banco Popular Portugal to finance small and medium-sized projects undertaken by SMEs and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Portugal, Small Business
Tagged Banco Popular Portugal, EIB, European Investment Bank, finance, loan, midcaps, PORTUGAL, SMEs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending HUF 60 billion (some EUR 200 million) to finance theimprovement of availability and increase in quality of Magyar Telekom’s mobile and fixed broadband telecommunications infrastructure. Luxembourg / Budapest, Hungary, 13-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — EIB Vice-President László Baranyay, who is responsible … Read the full press release
Warsaw, Poland, Luxembourg, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending PLN 200 million (EUR 47 million) to PKP Cargo S.A. for the upgrading of the rail fleet in Poland. The Bank has now supported rail investments in Poland for 23 years, promoting the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Poland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alicja Chytla, EIB, loan, locomotives, PKP Cargo S.A., Poland, rail fleet, rolling stock, The European Investment Bank, wagons