(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has extended a portfolio-risk-sharing facility to Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine to unlock €100 million in investments supporting Ukraine’s energy security. As the fourth Ukrainian bank to join the EBRD’s Energy Security Support Facility, RBU will issue loans … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Tagged Crisis Response Special Fund, decentralised energy, EBRD, energy efficiency, energy security, Energy Security Support Facility, ESG, ESSF, EU Ukraine Investment Framework, EU4Business, European Union, France, grant support, green transition, institutional investor, MSMEs, Oleksandr Pysaruk, partnership, portfolio guarantee, Raiffeisen Bank, Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine, risk-sharing, Ruslan Spivak, sustainability, UKRAINE, Ukrainian economy, war recovery, €100 million
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have approved new financing initiatives aimed at bolstering clean transport, energy, and innovation projects, as well as enhancing water and sanitation infrastructure in Africa with a total … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Africa, Automotive Sector, clean transport, Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, deep tech, EIB, EIF, energy infrastructure, EU4Business Guarantee Facility, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, global partnerships, INNOVATION, Manufacturing, Nadia Calviño, partnership, strategic autonomy, sustainability, sustainable development, UKRAINE, venture capital, war-affected enterprises, water and sanitation, €11.5 billion, €3.6 billion
(IN BRIEF) The Vatican World Leaders’ Summit on Children’s Rights in February 2025 showcased several initiatives for protecting children worldwide. One key project, led by Robert Szustkowski of the 5P Europe Foundation, focuses on promoting sports and a healthy lifestyle … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Italy, Non Profit, Society, Sports
Tagged 5P Europe, 5P Europe Foundation, Ahmed el-Tayeb, Al GORE, Foundation, Gambia, humanitarian initiatives, Mario Draghi, Naser al-Raisi, Palestine, Papal Committee for World Day of Children, Pope Francis, promote children's rights, protecting children, Queen Rania of Jordan, Robert Szustkowski, sport, Szustkowski, The Vatican World Leaders’ Summit on Children’s Rights, Thomas Bach, UKRAINE, youth in Africa
(IN BRIEF) Ukraine is set to upgrade its border rail infrastructure with neighboring EU countries, boosting both freight and passenger transport while reinforcing its role as a transport hub. This project includes comprehensive improvements such as track repairs, relocation of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology, Ukraine
Tagged border upgrades, cross-border connectivity, EIB, EU, EU Connecting Europe Facility, EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes, European Commissioner for Enlargement, European Investment Bank, freight operations, gantry cranes, intermodal terminal, Marta Kos, Oleksii Kuleba, partnership, passenger transport, railway infrastructure, sustainability, Teresa Czerwinska, track repairs, UKRAINE, Ukraine Facility, Ukrainian Railways, Ukrzaliznytsia, wagon inspections
(IN BRIEF) In 2024, the VELUX Group achieved a major sustainability milestone by cutting its operational emissions by 11%, bringing the total reduction to 60% compared to 2020 levels. This improvement was largely driven by a transition to renewable energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged ArcelorMittal, biodiversity, Children’s Living Places, circular business, Circularity, CO₂, diversity, ecosystem improvement, EcoVadis, Emissions Reduction, energy efficiency, energy intensity, EV100, Lars Petersson, Refurbishment, renewable energy, Scope 3 emissions, sustainability, take-back schemes, UKRAINE, VELUX Group, women in management
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has announced the short list for its annual Literature Prize, featuring ten English translations of books by authors from seven countries where the Bank invests. Selected by an independent jury led by Maya Jaggi, the short … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Croatia, Czech Republic, Financial, Hungary, Media, Moldova, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine
Tagged 128 LIT, Alex Zucker, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Artem Chapeye, Bellevue Literary Press, Bullaun Press, CROATIA, Czechia, Damir Karakaš, EBRD, Ellen Elias-Bursać, English translation, Fergal Keane, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Hanna Leliv, Hungary, Istros Books, Ivana Bodrožić, Kenneth Dakan, László Krasznahorkai, Liliana Corobca, Literature Prize, Liveright, Magdaléna Platzová, Maya Jaggi, MOLDOVA, Monica Cure, New Directions Publishing, Olga Tokarczuk, Ottilie Mulzet, Poland, Selkies House Limited, Selma Dabbagh, Seven Stories Press, Tanja Maljartschuk, Türkiye, Uilleam Blacker, UKRAINE, Yuliia Iliukha, Zenia Tompkins, Ҫiler İlhan
(IN BRIEF) ORLEN and Naftogaz of Ukraine have signed a new natural gas supply contract, ensuring deliveries for Ukrainian consumers starting in April. This is the second contract under a cooperation agreement signed earlier this year, with the gas being … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Poland, Transportation & Logistics, Ukraine
Tagged 100 million cubic meters, contract, Cooperation Agreement, energy diversification, energy security, Ireneusz Fąfara, Klaipeda terminal, Lithuania, LNG cargo, March 2025, Memorandum of Understanding, Naftogaz, Natural Gas Supply, ORLEN, Poland, Polish-Ukrainian border, regasification, Roman Chumak, Świnoujście LNG terminal, trading expertise, UKRAINE, United States
(IN BRIEF) Norway has allocated NOK 180 million (around EUR 16 million) through Nefco to drive Ukraine’s green recovery and reconstruction efforts by funding energy-efficiency projects that renovate schools, hospitals, and wastewater facilities, as well as by installing solar energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Technology, Ukraine
Tagged 2023–2030, Åsmund Aukrust, Energy Efficiency Projects, energy savings, EUR 16 million, green recovery, hospitals, infrastructure, internally displaced persons, Koziatyn, Krasyliv, municipalities, Nansen Support Programme for Ukraine, near-zero-energy school buildings, NEFCO, NOK 180 million, NOK 205 billion, Norad, Norway, Ovruch, partnership, reconstruction, resilience, SCHOOLS, solar energy, sustainability, UKRAINE, Ulf Bojö, wastewater systems
(IN BRIEF) EIB President Nadia Calviño led a delegation on her first visit outside the EU to Ukraine, reaffirming the EU’s long-term commitment to supporting the country’s recovery. The EIB announced €420 million in funding under the EU’s €50 billion … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology, Ukraine
Tagged 112 emergency call system, displaced people, EIB, energy resilience, energy security, energy supplies, EU, EU funding, EU Support, European Investment Bank, financial support, German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, heating systems, housing code, Nadia Calviño, partnership, Public Infrastructure, Public Safety, reconstruction, renewable energy, renewable energy projects, small and medium-sized enterprises, small businesses, SMEs, social housing, sustainability, UKRAINE, Ukraine Facility, water services
(IN BRIEF) European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, and the Rule of Law Michael McGrath visited Eurojust’s headquarters in The Hague on January 16 to strengthen collaboration with the Agency in its efforts to combat cross-border crime. During his visit, McGrath … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Law, Management, Netherlands, News, Politics, Security & Safety, Ukraine
Tagged 2024, arrests, asset seizure, CICED, Contact Points, Core International Crimes Evidence Database, criminal justice cooperation, cross-border investigations, democracy, drug trafficking, EJCN, EJOCN, Eurojust, Eurojust network, European Commission, European Judicial Cybercrime Network, European Judicial Organised Crime Network, evidence exchange, Genocide Network, ICPA, International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine, international judicial cooperation, José de la Mata Amaya, jurisdictions, Justice, Liaison Prosecutors, Margarita Šniutytė-Daugėlienė, Michael McGrath, Michael Schmid, migrant smuggling, partnership, prosecutors, rule of law, Russian crimes, safer societies, The Hague, transnational crime, UKRAINE
(IN BRIEF) During its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Poland will focus on combating cross-border crime, hybrid threats, terrorism, and radicalisation. Priorities include addressing the trafficking of illicit drugs, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling, as well as … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Law, Management, Netherlands, News, Poland, Politics, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged artificial intelligence, BELARUS, citizens' rights, crimes against humanity, Cross-Border Crime, Cybercrime, EJOCN, EU Presidency, Eurojust, European Judicial Organised Crime Network, genocide, global criminal organisations, human trafficking, hybrid threats, illicit drug trafficking, internal security, JIT, joint investigation team, migrant smuggling, minors, National Member for Poland, online exploitation, Organised crime, Paweł Wąsik, Poland, Presidency of the Council of the European Union, prosecutors, radicalisation, RESEARCH, rule of law, sexual abuse, Terrorism, UKRAINE, war crimes
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall has been contracted by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to deliver an additional 180,000 rounds of 35mm ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft system, with production set to begin in 2026. The high-value order, funded by Germany, will … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Ukraine
Tagged Air Defense, Ammunition, Gepard System, partnership, Rheinmetall, SECURITY, UKRAINE
(IN BRIEF) A lawsuit has been filed against Ringier Axel Springer Polska (RASP) by entrepreneur and philanthropist Robert Szustkowski, demanding over PLN 54 million in penalties for RASP’s failure to honor a 2020 Settlement Agreement. The settlement, stemming from a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Law, Media, Poland
Tagged Attorney Elżbieta Kosińska-Kozak, charitable foundation, contractual penalty, defamatory claims, defamatory media materials, defamatory publications, Dubois & Partners, Elżbieta Kosińska-Kozak, Fakt, false information, financial claim, investments, law, lawsuit, media attacks, media outlets, media responsibility, Newsweek Polska, Onet, Pacta sunt servanda, personal and professional harm, personal rights violations, PLN 54 million, Polish courts, Polish judiciary, publishers, RAS, RASP, Ringier Axel Springer Polska, Robert Szustkowski, RUSSIA, Russian influence agent, settlement agreement, social ostracism, UKRAINE, violation of personal rights
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided €16.5 million in EU-backed funding to modernize public transport systems in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Odesa. Part of the EIB’s Ukraine Solidarity Urgent Response package, this investment will supply new buses, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics, Ukraine
Tagged EIB, EU, investment, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Oleksii Kuleba, partnership, public transport, Sergii Marchenko, sustainability, Teresa Czerwinska, UKRAINE, Valdis Dombrovskis
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed over €60 million in EU-backed funding to support critical infrastructure projects in Ukraine as part of its Ukraine Solidarity Urgent Response package. This includes €43.48 million to reconstruct the war-damaged M01 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Ukraine
Tagged EIB, European Union, infrastructure, partership, Rebuild, sustainability, Teresa Czerwinska, UKRAINE, Valdis Dombrovskis
(IN BRIEF) In response to Ukraine’s ongoing recovery efforts, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has allocated €14.5 million in EU-backed funds to support the rehabilitation of municipal infrastructure in Dnipro and Mykolaiv. This funding will aid in the restoration of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Ukraine
Tagged Borys Filatov, Dnipro, EIB, Municipal Infrastructure, Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, partnership, sustainability, Teresa Czerwinska, UKRAINE, Valdis Dombrovskis
(IN BRIEF) JASPERS, a collaborative advisory initiative by the European Investment Bank and the European Commission, held its annual meeting in Brussels, marking nearly two decades of supporting regional development projects across Europe and beyond. Since 2005, JASPERS has facilitated … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Moldova, News, Ukraine
Tagged EIB, European Commission, JASPERS, Kyriacos Kakouris, MOLDOVA, partnership, sustainability, UKRAINE
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall has delivered 20 more Marder 1A3 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine, funded by the German government, as part of ongoing support against Russian aggression. This brings Rheinmetall’s total IFV and tank deliveries to Ukraine to around … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) will announce new financial support for Ukraine and innovative funding solutions for climate-affected nations at the 2024 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings. Led by President Nadia Calviño, the EIB delegation … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Media, News, Ukraine
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Andrew McDowell, Climate-Affected Nations, EIB, financial support, International Monetary Fund, Multilateral Development Banks, Nadia Calviño, partnership, sustainability, Thomas Östros, UKRAINE, World Bank Meetings
(IN BRIEF) The “United in Ukraine’s Recovery” conference in Brussels brought together the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Ukrainian local authorities to discuss ongoing reconstruction efforts. The partnership has been instrumental … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Media, News, Small Business, Ukraine
Tagged EC, EIB, EIB Vice-President Teresa Czerwińska, Kristina Mikulova, Mykhailo Demchenko, partnership, reconstruction, resilience, Ruslan Yaremchuk, sustainability, UKRAINE, UNDP, Vsevolod Chentsov
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