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
Milan, Italy, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alba Leasing – a major financial leasing company – and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a €95 million loan guaranteed by SACE for supporting new leasing schemes targeting SMEs. These new financial resources will be used to develop Alba Leasing’s business … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Italy, Small Business
Tagged Alba Leasing, Assilea, Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna, Banca Popolare di Milano, Banca Popolare di Sondrio, Banco Popolare, credit insurance, Daniele Pinosa, EIB, export credit services, Leasing, loan, Lorenzo Mazzoni, Maddalena Cavadini, Marco Battaglia, Marco Fraquelli, Marco Santarelli, new leasing schemes, overseas investment protection, SACE, SMEs
Luxembourg, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing EUR 200 million to the Republic of Turkey as follow up support to earthquake risk mitigation efforts in Istanbul, Turkey’s commercial and financial centre. The EIB funds are being provided … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Investment, Luxembourg, Turkey
Tagged earthquake risk mitigation, earthquakes, EIB, İstanbul, Republic of Turkey, The European Investment Bank
Luxembourg, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two loan contracts with Snam, amounting to EUR 300 million and EUR 65 million, for the financing of two projects to be developed respectively by Italgas and Snam Rete Gas, the two Snam-controlled … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg
Tagged EIB, Italgas, loan contracts, Marco Santarelli, natural gas, natural gas projects, Snam, Snam Rete Gas, southern Italy, The European Investment Bank, Trans-European Energy Network, transmission of natural gas, Zimella-Cervignano d'Adda pipeline, €365M loan
Brussels, Belgium, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Vienna 2 Initiative Full Forum met in Brussels on 21-22 October. It assessed recent trends in deleveraging, credit provision, and non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sectors of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE). … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Economy, Financial, Politics
Tagged Anthony Williams, banking sectors, Brussels, CESEE, Christof Roche, credit provision, EBRD, EIB, Erste, Eurobank, European banking union, European Commission, IMF, Intesa Sanpaolo, KBC, Kristyn Schrader-King, National Bank of Greece, non-performing loans, NPLs, OTP, Piraeus, Raiffeisen, Sberbank International, Simon O’Connor, Single Resolution Mechanism, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, South Eastern Europe, The Vienna 2 Initiative Full Forum, trends in deleveraging, UNICREDIT, weak credit growth, World Bank Group
Luxembourg, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is currently launching a new recruitment campaign for its FEMIP Internship Programme. The Programme is open to students who are nationals of the Mediterranean partner countries (Algeria, Egypt, Gaza/West Bank, Israel, Jordan, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, European Union, Government, Luxembourg
Tagged Algeria, EGYPT, EIB, FEMIP Internship Programme, Gaza/West Bank, Internship, Israel, JORDAN, Lebanon, Mediterranean partner countries, MOROCCO, recruitment campaign, students, SYRIA, The European Investment Bank, Tunisia, Turkey
African Development Bank Asian Development Bank European Bank for Reconstruction and Development European Investment Bank Inter-American Development Bank International Monetary FundWorld Bank Group Washington, D.C., United States, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia on 3-6 December … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, International Trade, Politics
Tagged African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Bali, EBRD, EIB, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, IMF, Indonesia, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary FundWorld Bank Group, statement, trade, trade facilitation assistance, Washington, World Bank, World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting, WTO, WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Luxembourg/Sofia, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Municipality of Sofia today signed a new loan agreement of EUR 50 million to support the implementation of the Bulgarian capital city’s master plan. The loan will finance a transport … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Financial, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bulgaria, construction, Dušan Ondrejička, EIB, loan agreement, Mihai Tanasescu, Municipality, Municipality of Sofia, rehabilitation, Sofia, The European Investment Bank, transport infrastructure projects
Bologna, Italy, 03-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Hera Group signed in Milan an initial EUR 200 million tranche of an approved aggregate loan of EUR 300 million, intended to support the investments of the Italian multi-utility company listed on … Read the full press release
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 50 million to CIBANK to finance projects promoted by small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies in Bulgaria. EIB funds will support projects across the whole country, significantly supporting employment. 27-9-2013 — … Read the full press release
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
16-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 40 million long-term loan to SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited (SREI), with the main purpose of financing investments that will help to mitigate climate change in India. The loan will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Italy
Tagged EIB, energy efficiency, Energy Sustainability and Security of Supply Facility, INDIA, India energy efficiency, India renewable energy, Italian Export Credit Agency SACE S.p.A., loan, long-term loan, renewable energy, SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited, The European Investment Bank