(IN BRIEF) At the FfD4 conference in Seville, Spain and the EIB co-led the creation of the Debt Pause Clause Alliance, enabling temporary suspension of debt service during crises—natural, health, or food-related—without compromising long-term fiscal and social stability. The Alliance, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, CAF, crisis financing, crisis resilience, Debt Pause Clause Alliance, debt suspension, European Investment Bank, FfD4 Seville, food crises, health emergencies, Inter-American Development Bank, Multilateral Development Banks, Nadia Calviño, natural disasters, partnership, private-sector mobilization, Spain, sustainable development finance, transparent regulation
(IN BRIEF) The EIB has agreed a €450 million risk-sharing guarantee with CaixaBank, enabling up to €900 million in new loans to Spanish SMEs and mid-caps for working capital, liquidity, and investments in green and digital initiatives. Of this amount, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged agricultural financing, bioeconomy, CaixaBank, COHESION, digital transition, EIB Strategic Roadmap 2024–2027, European Investment Bank, farm modernization, green transition, Mid-Caps, partnership, risk-sharing guarantee, rural development, SMEs, Spain, sustainability, €450 million, €900 million loans
(IN BRIEF) Digi Communications N.V. has announced a gross dividend of 1.35 lei per share for the 2024 financial year, approved at its Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting on 18 June 2025; the ex-date is 26 June 2025, the record date … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AFM, ASF, Belgium, Class B shares, Digi Communications dividend 2024, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., disclosure, dividend, insider purchase, internal compliance policies, Investor Relations, Italy, Jose Manuel Arnaiz de Castro, Market Abuse Regulation article 19 para (1), Netherlands, notification, PORTUGAL, Romania, share dividend, Spain, telecommunications
(IN BRIEF) ENGIE will support Airbus’s goal to cut energy use by 20% and greenhouse gas emissions by 85% across its 22 European sites by 2030. A Paris Air Show–signed framework agreement tasks ENGIE with deploying heat-pump and biomass boiler … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Airbus, biomass boilers, decarbonisation, energy efficiency, ENGIE, France, Frank Lacroix, Germany, heat pumps, industrial decarbonisation, Julie Kitcher, LED lighting, local energy infrastructures, Paris Air Show, photovoltaic panels, renewable energy, Scope 1 emissions, scope 2 emissions, smart energy management, smart metering, Spain, Waste Heat Recovery, Waste-to-energy
(IN BRIEF) The EIB Group and Santander have structured a €250 million securitisation—comprising a €200 million EIF guarantee with ING and a €50 million EIB investment—to support Spanish SMEs, mid-caps, agricultural enterprises and women entrepreneurs. This transaction is expected to … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Society, Spain
Tagged agricultural sector, climate resilience, EIB Group, EIF, EU capital markets union, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, green transition, ING, Mid-Caps, Pan-European Agricultural Programme, Regenerative Agriculture, Santander, securitisation, small and medium-sized enterprises, Spain, water management, Women Entrepreneurship, young farmers
(IN BRIEF) NIQ-GfK’s pan-European analysis finds that average per-capita spending on clothing and shoes in 25 countries is €772, with Luxembourg (€1 777), Switzerland (€1 096) and Norway (€1 034) at the top and Romania (€375) at the bottom; fashion … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail
Tagged Berlin, Bucharest, clothing and shoes, Europe, Filip Vojtech, Finland, Germany, Giurgiu, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Milan, Munich, NIQ-GfK, Norway, purchasing power, regional disparities, Romania, Rome, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
(IN BRIEF) On 10 June 2025, Non-Executive Director José Manuel Arnaiz de Castro bought 6,800 Class B shares and promptly reported it under EU Market Abuse Regulation to ASF, AFM and the Company’s compliance office; Digi Communications N.V. is a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AFM, ASF, Belgium, Class B shares, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., disclosure, insider purchase, internal compliance policies, Investor Relations, Italy, Jose Manuel Arnaiz de Castro, Market Abuse Regulation article 19 para (1), Netherlands, notification, PORTUGAL, Romania, Spain, telecommunications
(IN BRIEF) MAPFRE has made significant strides toward its climate goals, cutting its operational carbon footprint by 25% in 2024—far exceeding its annual reduction target. Through a wide array of global offset projects, the company neutralized 80% of its footprint … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged 2024 carbon footprint, biodiversity, Brazil, carbon offset, climate change, Corporate GHG Compensation Strategy, deforestation, Envira Amazonia, environmental strategy, forest management, Germany, GHG reduction, Italy, MAPFRE, Mexico, net zero, PERU, PORTUGAL, Puerto Rico, Regenerative Agriculture, Serra do Caramulo, Spain, sustainability, Turkey, United States, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) Indra Group is leading efforts in Europe to enhance secure communications with the deployment of quantum-secure technologies. Through the DISCRETION project, NATO’s REPMUS exercise, and its involvement in EuroQCI, Indra is playing a pivotal role in advancing Quantum … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, News, Security & Safety, Spain, Technology
Tagged COMSec, cyber threats, defence readiness, DISCRETION, encrypted messaging, European Defence Industrial Development Programme, European Quantum Communications Infrastructure, EuroQCI, Indra Group, Indra Space, NATO, PORTUGAL, Post-quantum cryptography, PQReact, QKD, quantum key distribution, quantum-secure communications, REPMUS, sovereign communications, space sector, Spain, technological sovereignty
(IN BRIEF) Savills’ latest research shows that European logistics real estate investment volumes reached €38.2 billion in 2024, up 15% year-on-year, but still 15% below the five-year average. The market saw a downturn in Q1 2025, with investment volumes dropping … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged big-box, Czech Republic, European logistics, France, geopolitical instability, Germany, Hungary, industrial market, Ireland, logistics assets, logistics research, market trends, multi-let properties, partnership, Q1 2025, real estate investment, Savills, Spain, vacancy rates
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall Landsysteme and Indra have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on armoured vehicle projects for the Spanish Armed Forces. This strategic partnership aims to support the modernization of Spain’s combat vehicle fleet, drawing on Rheinmetall’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Ángel Escribano, armoured vehicles, BMS, combat systems, defence modernization, Defence Technology, Eduardo Veen Martinez, European defence collaboration, Indra, Leopard 2E, military vehicle manufacturing, MoU, partnership, Rheinmetall, Spain, Spanish armed forces, VCR 8x8
(IN BRIEF) Voith Paper has received an order from Matías Gomá Tomás to modernize their PM 1 at the La Riba facility in Spain. The rebuild, which is scheduled to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2025, aims to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged cloud connectivity, DuoShake DG250, energy efficiency, La Riba, manufacturing upgrades, MasterJet 4Tec, Matías Gomá Tomás, modernization, paper quality, partnership, PM 1, production capacity, real-time data, recycled containerboard, Spain, sustainability, Voith Paper
(IN BRIEF) Madrid is upgrading its mobility infrastructure with EcoTrafiX and the Mobility Data Platform by Kapsch TrafficCom to manage traffic at 3,000 intersections. The technology replaces the city’s existing system, providing enhanced scalability and flexibility. A EUR 5.6 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bus Rapid Transit, EcoTrafiX, future mobility, Javier Aguirre, Kapsch TrafficCom, Low Emission Zone, Madrid, Mobility Data Platform, multi-supplier systems, partnership, Smart Cities, smart traffic technology, Spain, sustainable mobility, traffic control center, traffic management, urban mobility
(IN BRIEF) BBVA has renewed the Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute for its Data Processing Center in Tres Cantos, Madrid. This honor, awarded to data centers that meet stringent operational and energy efficiency standards, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Spain, Technology
Tagged BBVA, carbon emissions, cold aisle containment, data center innovation, Data Processing Center, digital infrastructure, energy efficiency, environmental leadership, EU energy policy compliance, Garanti BBVA, Green technology, IBM z15, LMS training, Mexico, operational sustainability, photovoltaic solar plant, renewable energy, Spain, Tier IV Gold Certification, Tres Cantos, Uptime Institute
(IN BRIEF) Endesa has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with Verbund Green Power Iberia, the Spanish subsidiary of Verbund, to receive renewable energy from a wind farm in Huelva that has been operational since 2023. This agreement is a … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged decarbonization, electricity market, Endesa, energy production, Huelva, Mission V, partnership, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, price stability, renewable energy, Solar, Spain, sustainability, TWh, VERBUND, Verbund Green Power Iberia, wind farm, wind power
(IN BRIEF) The EIB Group, comprising the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), has invested over €90 million in a synthetic securitisation operation with BBVA, aimed at financing sustainable housing projects in Spain. Backed by InvestEU, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged asset-backed securitisation, BBVA, Climate Action, CO₂ reduction, EIB Group, energy efficiency, EU capital markets union, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, Green Projects, InvestEU, Mid-Caps, near-zero emissions, partnership, pro rata amortisation, SMEs, Spain, STS criteria, sustainability, sustainable housing, synthetic excess spread mechanism, synthetic securitisation, €185 million financing, €90 million investment
(IN BRIEF) Germany is advancing highway safety and traffic efficiency through a new C-ITS initiative that uses ITS Roadside Stations integrated into mobile barrier boards across 8,600 kilometers to send real-time warnings to drivers about roadworks, thereby protecting road workers. … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 600 kilometers, 8, ASFINAG, Australia, Austria, autonomous driving, Bilbao, Bizkaia Connected Corridor, C-ITS, Connected Vehicles, Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, Dublin, environmental impact, Germany, global interoperability, hardware, Ireland, ITS Australia Awards, ITS Roadside Stations, Kapsch TrafficCom, M1, M50, mobile barrier boards, mobility challenges, NIMS pilot, Pinellas County, predictive analytics, public transport, Queensland, real-time data, roadworks, safety, software, Spain, traffic management, United States, Video Analytics
(IN BRIEF) Savills has established a Cross-Border Living Property Management Sector Group after acquiring Medasil in Spain. Led by Tim Bretten and Anne Brom, the initiative expands Savills’ management of 41,000 residential units across Europe and beyond, targeting the rising … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Real Estate, Spain, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, affordable housing, Anne Brom, Build-to-Rent, co-living, compliance, cross-border investors, Cross-Border Living Property Management Sector Group, ESG, European residential market, IT security, knowledge hub, Medasil, mixed-use developments, new residential schemes, Pan-European, partnership, property management, residential units, risk management, Savills, senior living, Spain, student housing, Tim Bretten
(IN BRIEF) Banco Santander has committed EUR 166 million in 2024 to a wide array of initiatives supporting education, employability, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy, impacting five million people across its operational regions. The investment, split between EUR 104 million for … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Business, Financial, Management, News, Spain
Tagged Banco Santander, Brazil, Chile, CHINA, digitalization, earthquakes, Education, employability, Entrepreneurship, EUR 166 million, financial education, five million people, flash floods, forest fires, Fundación Universia, Gansu, grants, higher education, humanitarian organizations, NGOs, Qinghai, Rio Grande do Sul, Santander Open Academy, Santander X, scaleups, scholarships, SMEs, social action, social programs, Spain, Startups, sustainability strategy, Universia, Valencia, Valparaíso
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has committed €150 million to a pioneering financing initiative exclusively supporting women entrepreneurs in Spain’s pharmacy sector. The investment, delivered through a covered bond issued by CBNK—a bank formed by the merger of Banco … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Society, Spain, Technology
Tagged 000 loans, 600 pharmacies, Banco Caminos, Bancofar, CBNK, commercial bank advisory programme, EIB, EIB Group Forum, Enrique Serra González, equipment, European Commission, European Investment Bank, gender equality, Gender Finance Lab, inclusive economic growth, intermediated financing programme, InvestEU Advisory Hub, license acquisition, Luxembourg, Moody's Aa1 rating, Nadia Calviño, partnership, pharmacy sector, Spain, Spanish healthcare system, women entrepreneurs, working capital, €150 million investment, €450
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