Côte d’Ivoire: Team Europe steps up support for strategic and sustainable investment
The Government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, the European Union and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have announced €300 million in…
Spain: EIB and Adif sign €350m loan to improve railway infrastructure
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Adif AV have signed a €350 million loan to invest in conventional and high-speed railway…
EIB and Calvados sign financing agreement to modernise schools and public buildings
Luxembourg, 13 January 2025 Up to €110 million in EIB financing will be invested in secondary...
EIB supports expansion of electricity and district heating networks in Reutlingen
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting Stadtwerke Reutlingen with €70 million in financing for its extensive network investment plan.
EIB unveils new working paper on innovation in CESEE at Invisso Conference
At the Invisso Conference in Vienna, the European Investment Bank (EIB) released a comprehensive working paper examining the state of innovation…
Germany: EIB provides €35m to Formo’s production of animal-free cheese
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €35 million loan to German food tech company Formo. This EIB quasi-equity venture…
Wind industry: EIB and Société Générale to unlock investments of up to €8bn
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Societe Generale have agreed on a new initiative which has the potential to unlock…
Ukraine: EIB provides €55 million to reconstruct social infrastructure
The funding will enable Ukrainian communities to continue implementing 151 sub-projects in 2025 and beyond, focusing on schools, kindergartens, hospitals,…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 16 – 21 December 2024
These were the headlines of the last Insight EU Finance Weekly in 2024. We offer delayed access to the headlines…
EIB provides €243m to ERG for renewable energy projects in Italy, France, and Germany
The EIB's green loan will go towards greenfield onshore wind farms in France, the repowering of existing wind farms in…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 9 – 14 December 2024
Here are the headlines from last week’s Insight EU Finance Monitoring, published on Friday night. We provide the headlines with…
Bulgaria gets €250m EIB loan to co-finance EU-backed projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Bulgaria €250 million to co-finance EU-backed projects and accelerate development in areas ranging…
Ukraine: EIB and State Bureau of Investigation to safeguard EIB investments
The EIB is stepping up cooperation with Ukrainian law enforcement agencies to safeguard EU financial interests in Ukraine from fraud,…
Germany: EIB and Commerzbank to boost Europe’s wind manufacturers
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is using again its €5 billion initiative to support manufacturers of wind-energy equipment in Europe.…
Sydbank uses EIB guarantee to award €400m new lending to Mid-Caps
Sydbank and the European Investment Bank have signed a new linked risk-sharing agreement that aims to make available up to…
Prologis secures €225m EIB loan to accelerate solar and energy projects
Prologis takes an EIB loan to finance the installation of rooftop solar panels and battery storage projects at its warehouses.…
Farmers and bioeconomy: EU Commission and EIB launch €3bn financing programme
The EIB Group offers €3 billion in loans for agriculture and other bioeconomy activities across Europe with focus on young…
EIB appoints Damien Sorrell as Head of the Regional Hub for the Western Balkans
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will continue to support the region’s green and digital transition, EU accession and connectivity efforts, contributing…
EIB joins Multilateral Development Banks in commitment to water security
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and eight Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) committed to enhancing water security globally through a joint…
Spain: EIB and Cunext sign €30m loan for eco-friendly recycled copper in Córdoba
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Andalusian company Cunext has signed a €30 million loan to finance the construction of…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 25 – 29 November 2024
Here are the headlines from last week’s Insight EU Finance Monitoring, published on Friday night. We provide the headlines with…
Spain: EIB and ILUNION sign €60 million green loan for energy efficiency investments
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and ILUNION, a company of ONCE Social Group, have signed a €60 million green loan to…
Austria: EIB supports Püspök Group with €80m for solar farms and agrivoltaics
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €80 million to the Püspök Group to build six agrivoltaic farms in Burgenland, Austria.…
Greece: New EIB Group President Nadia Calviño reinforces strategic partnership
As part of her visits of European capitals, European Investment Bank (EIB) Group President Nadia Calviño visited Athens today to…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 11 – 16 November 2024
Here are the headlines from last week’s Insight EU Finance Monitoring, published on Friday night. We provide the headlines with…
Joint statement: Multilateral development banks to boost climate finance
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) today issued a joint statement at COP29 in Baku outlining financial support and other measures for…
5G Investment Summit charts path for scaling-up 5G ventures and competitiveness
The European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund held a discussion on the future of private…
Ukraine: EIB provides €50m to replace Russian-made metro coaches with modern metro fleet
The EIB and Kyiv have signed a €50 million agreement to modernise the city’s metro rolling stock with energy-efficient coaches. The…
Armenia: EIB Global and Evocabank join forces with €12 million loan deal
Almost 100 businesses in Armenia to benefit from operation, sustaining around 1,200 jobs. The partnership contributes to inclusive economic growth…
EIB: Belgian logistics real estate player WDP gets €250m loan to expand green energy
The EIB credit is to fund renewable energy and clean transport infrastructure at WDP logistics centres mainly in Belgium, the…
Greek banks and EIB join forces to boost mid-caps’ access to finance in Greece
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Greece’s four systemic banks have agreed a new collaboration: a €700m guarantee programme to…
EIB and SIMEST offering €90m to promote Italian companies abroad
A €46 million loan from EIB to SIMEST will unlock funds to promote two strategic priorities: the green economy and…
EIF partners with leading Finnish banks to provide €1bn in financing
The agreement paves the way for improved financing terms, including lower interest rates, and is supported by InvestEU, an EU programme to…
Circular economy transition: EIB provides ETRA with €100m
The European Investment Bank and ETRA have signed an agreement concerning €100 million of investment in improving recycling facilities and integrated…
Bavaria: EIB and EU Innovation Fund support Eavor’s geothermal technology
The project, which also received a grant from the EU Innovation Fund, will provide low-carbon heating for the town of…
EIB Cleantech Conference: Driving Sustainable Innovation
The Cleantech Conference aims to discuss pathways for supporting European manufacturing of cleantech devices and...
InvestEU backs €100m EIB loan for renewable hydrogen in Germany
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan agreement worth up to €100 million with Germany-based Sunfire, to advance its development…
InvestEU supports EIB investment to make Italian road infrastructure safer and more resilient
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €1.2 billion loan to Autostrade per l'Italia SpA (ASPI). €800 million of…
Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor: €10bn to connect Europe and Central Asia
EU Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis announced that European and international financial institutions present at the Forum will commit €10 billion…
Nadia Calviño at Davos: Key role of EIB Group in tackling global challenges
Embracing the Davos’s theme this year of restoring trust – in the future, within societies, and among nations – President…
InvestEU programme supports €392m investment in Europe’s first circular battery production gigafactory in Sweden
The InvestEU programme provides support to two investments worth around €392 million announced as part of the expansion of Northvolt's gigafactory in Northern Sweden, Skellefteå…
EIB welcomes Nicola Beer as new Vice-President for Germany
European Parliament Vice-President appointed to the EU Bank’s Management Committee. Beer's appointment comes at the end of the term of…
Team Europe and Viet Nam sign €500m Just Energy Transition agreements
Viet Nam and the European Investment Bank signed a memorandum of understanding to support the implementation of the Just Energy Transition…
EU and Bangladesh ink €400m deal for renewable energy and partnership agreement
Today, at the Global Gateway Forum, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, together with Prime Minister Hasina, launched the…
New funding brings world closer to polio eradication
Today, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership…
The EIB at the World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings 2023
9 – 15 October 2023 Marrakesh, Morocco This year’s Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group...
EIB: Up to €1.7bn financing for new solar power plants in Spain, Italy, and Portugal
The photovoltaic power plants will have a total capacity of approximately 5.6 GW and will produce an estimated 9.29 TWh a year.…
EIB: Sustainable transport overview 2023
This publication gives an overview of the European Investment Bank’s support for sustainable transport. It details the Bank’s activities in…
French Foreign Ministry on Morocco earthquake
Several local authorities have already approached the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs with a total of nearly €2 million…