This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €120 million to the Slovenian national motorway company DARS to build a bypass near the southeastern city of Novo Mesto. The planned Novo Mesto eastern bypass is a 9.8-kilometre expressway that will improve traffic flow, road safety and air […]Slovenia to get expressway upgrade with €120 million EIB loan to motorway operator DARS
May 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €120 million to the Slovenian national motorway company DARS to build a bypass near the southeastern city of Novo Mesto. The planned Novo Mesto eastern bypass is a 9.8-kilometre expressway that will improve traffic flow, road safety and air […]EIB Group approves €9.1 billion in new financing to strengthen Europe’s security and defence, tech leadership and critical infrastructure
May 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The Boards of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) approved new operations totalling €9.1 billion to strengthen Europe’s security and defence, tech leadership and critical infrastructure. “We continue stepping up investments in cutting-edge security and defence technologies and innovative […]EIB and the Luxembourg Space Agency join forces to enhance solutions for European Space for Finance
May 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank.Spain: ICF, EIB and CEB join forces to mobilise up to €400 million investment in social infrastructure in Catalonia
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This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. ICF, the public development bank of the Government of Catalonia, has signed a €100 million loan with the EIB to promote the construction and rehabilitation of social infrastructures in Catalonia, Spain. This is the first tranche of a loan approved for a total value of €150 […]EIB takes part in World Circular Economy Forum 2025 in Brazil to foster competitiveness and sustainable growth
May 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is participating in the World Circular Economy Forum 2025 (WCEF 2025) from 13-16 May 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil, and online around the globe. The annual WCEF, an initiative of Finland and the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra), is one of the […]Mauritania: Nouakchott data centre inaugurated
May 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould El-Ghazaouani, Minister of Digital Transformation and Modernisation of Administration Ahmed Salem Bede Etvagha, EU Ambassador to Mauritania Joaquin Tasso Vilallonga and EIB Head of Unit for West and Central Africa Public Sector Financing Svetla Stoeva inaugurated the Nouakchott data centre on Thursday […]Spain: EIB Group and Cetelem join forces to provide €200 million financing for energy efficiency investments to households
May 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The EIB Group, composed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), has signed a €93 million synthetic securitisation agreement with Cetelem, BNP Paribas Personal Finance commercial brand in Spain, targeting 100% green projects that support energy efficiency in the country. The operation will […]Portugal: EIB provides €400 million loan to Santander to boost financing for SMEs and mid-caps and the agricultural sector
May 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Santander have signed a €400 million financing operation to boost investment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps, as well as to support the agricultural sector in Portugal. The operation aims to improve access to finance for companies operating in […]France: EIB and Groupe BPCE sign an agreement to provide €200 million in support for French agricultural businesses
May 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the BPCE banking group have signed an agreement to mobilise €200 million in loans for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps in the French farming and bioeconomy sectors. This is the first operation that the EIB has signed in France […]Iceland: Sidekick Health Secures €35 Million Venture Debt from EIB to Accelerate R&D and Global Expansion
May 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Sidekick Health — a global leader in integrated digital health and therapeutics — today announced the signing of a €35 million venture debt facility, backed by a dedicated life science venture debt window of the European Commission’s InvestEU programme. It provides Sidekick with dedicated capital to accelerate […]EIB Global strengthens its support for the water and sanitation sector in Tunisia with EU backing and launches technical assistance financed by the European Union in support of priority public sector projects
May 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is stepping up its support for the water sector in Tunisia with two new loans totalling €30 million – a €22 million finance contract signed with Société nationale d’exploitation et de distribution des eaux (Sonede) and an €8 million contract signed with […]Finland: Helsinki to get new tramline and a depot with €400 million EIB package
May 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €400 million financing package to help the Finnish capital Helsinki build a tramline to three suburbs, construct a new tram and bus depot, purchase new trams, and add pathways for cyclists and pedestrians. The EIB support involves loans […]European Investment Bank welcomes new contribution from Ireland to reconstruction fund – accelerating support to Ukraine
April 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the financing arm of the European Union, is announcing today a €7 million contribution from Ireland to the EU for Ukraine Fund – a complementary instrument established by the EIB to support Ukraine’s recovery and rebuilding efforts. This new contribution brings […]EIB extends over €525 million to Poland’s top utility PGE for renewable energy production
April 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted PLN 2.25 billion to Poland’s top utility PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) to support renewable energy production. The favourable loan will allow PGE to develop its network of photovoltaic installations throughout the country and to modernise an existing pumped-storage power plant. The […]EIB supports innovative climate action in emerging markets alongside private equity firm LeapFrog Investments
April 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank is accelerating the use of green technologies in Africa and Asia with a $60 million pledge for private equity firm LeapFrog Investments (LeapFrog). The pledge by the EIB, financial arm of the European Union, is for a LeapFrog Climate Investment Strategy that […]European Investment Bank extends €450 million to upgrade southern Poland’s key rail link
April 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a new loan agreement worth €450 million with Polish railway infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. (PLK SA) to support extensive modernisation of 120 kilometres of a key regional rail line in southern Poland. The investment will contribute to […]Kosovo receives €500 000 grant from EIB Global to revamp the Palace of Youth and Sports in Prishtina
April 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Thanks to a €500 000 cooperation agreement signed between the European Investment Bank (EIB Global), Republic of Kosovo*’s Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the Local Public Enterprise “Pallati i Rinisë”, the EU bank will provide technical assistance for the reconstruction, conservation and restauration of the […]Spain: EIB and Iberdrola sign two loans totalling €108 million for investments in energy storage infrastructure in Extremadura
April 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two green loans with Iberdrola totalling €108 million – a €50 million loan using own funds and a €58 million loan with funds from the Regional Resilience Fund (FRA). The operation aims to improve the pumping capacity of the Valdecañas hydroelectric complex, […]EIB Group approves new financing for European security, transport, energy, water and deep-tech as well as support for Ukrainian firms
April 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The Boards of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), meeting this week, approved new financing to support economic prosperity and resilience, boost innovation and EU’s strategic autonomy in new technologies, and deepen global partnership. “The EIB Group is responding […]AXIAN Telecom receives US$ 100 million investment from EIB Global for mobile broadband network expansion in Madagascar and Tanzania
April 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB Global) today announced a financing package of US$ 100 million to AXIAN Telecom to support the expansion of its mobile broadband network infrastructure across Madagascar and Tanzania. The project will expand 4G mobile broadband network infrastructure across the two countries as well as […]Albania: €90 million EU financial package for Durrës – Rrogozhina railway upgrade
April 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. During High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas’ official visit to Albania, an EU financial package worth €90.5 million for the reconstruction of the Durrës – Rrogozhina railway section was signed by the European Investment Bank (EIB Global) and the […]Netherlands: EIB Group and ABN AMRO to make over €1 billion available for Dutch businesses
April 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. EIB Group and ABN AMRO sign synthetic securitisation agreement, enabling €1.2 billion in new lending for Dutch businesses, part of the new funding is earmarked for sustainable SMEs. ABN AMRO Bank has entered into a risk sharing agreement with the EIB Group – consisting of the […]Spain: EIB and Aragón regional government sign €234 million loan financing projects to back the green and digital transition, small businesses, innovation, jobs and rural development
April 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €234 million loan with the government of the Spanish region of Aragón to co-finance investments promoting the dual green and digital transition, boosting the competitiveness of local industry, helping to provide better public services and supporting economic development in […]Latvian capital Riga to get water-system upgrades with €70 million EIB loan to utility Rīgas ūdens
April 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The Latvian capital Riga will upgrade and expand its water-supply network with the help of a €70 million European Investment Bank (EIB) loan to municipal utility SIA Rīgas ūdens. The company, serving over 600,000 residents, will use the EIB credit to curb drinking water network seepages, […]Sweden: EIB finances ground-breaking carbon capture plant in Stockholm
April 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a loan of €260 million to Stockholm Exergi for the construction of Sweden’s first large-scale bioenergy plant with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Beccs Stockholm, which will begin construction at Värtaverket, is expected to be fully operational in 2028 […]Germany: NORD/LB and EIB announce EUR 165 Million Partnership to back Renewable Energy investment across Europe
April 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have today announced a significant partnership aimed at accelerating the transition to clean energy across the European Union. The new financing will back new small and medium-sized renewable energy projects throughout Europe. Bernhard Kluttig, State Secretary […]Sweden: EIB supports plant protein factory, reducing the need for imports entering Europe
April 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €50 million loan to Lantmännen to co-finance the construction of a new pea protein isolate factory in Lidköping. The loan will cover approximately half of the project investment cost. The first of its kind in Sweden, the factory will […]€50 million in EIB support for Ukraine’s rail border crossings and infrastructure to boost EU connectivity and trade
April 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the government of Ukraine have agreed to direct €50 million of EIB financing to Ukraine’s national railway company, Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), to upgrade key rail border crossing points with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, contributing to the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes initiative […]Chile: European Union, EIB and KfW to provide up to €216.5 million to finance renewable hydrogen projects
March 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Today the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB), KfW Development Bank, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and the European Commission, Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO) and the Chilean Ministry of Energy signed agreements to […]Denmark: IO Biotech secures up to €57.5 million EIB venture debt to advance cancer vaccine research and development
March 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Danish med-tech company IO Biotech has signed a €57.5 million venture debt deal with the European Investment Bank. The debt facility includes three committed tranches totalling up to €37.5 million, which will become available if the company satisfies certain conditions, and one uncommitted accordion tranche of […]Croatia to get EIB guidance on promoting capital markets and business innovation
March 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) will offer policy guidance to Croatia on becoming a regional hub for financial technologies and capital markets. Under a new advisory agreement with Croatia’s Ministry of Finance, the EIB will support plans to turn the country into a fintech leader. In […]EIB steps up financing for European security and defence and critical raw materials
March 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) today agreed a series of measures to further boost investment in security and defence and critical raw materials. The EIB’s Board of Directors also approved a total of €8.9 billion of new financing for port and rail projects, education, energy and […]Poland: Electricity grid to get further upgrades with EIB loan payment of over €400 million to Orlen Group
March 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed 1.7 billion Polish zlotys (€405 million) to electricity supplier Energa to improve and expand Poland’s electricity network. This is the third and final tranche of a 3.5- billion-zloty loan to Orlen for upgrades to power distribution grid in northern and […]
