European Investment Bank

Romania has achieved in just 20 years remarkable changes by all standards, one of the most practiced sports in Romania is self-denigration, European Investment Bank (EIB) Resident Representative in Romania Flavio Schiavo Campo said in an interview to AGERPRES, at the end of a six-year mandate in this position.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced this on Wednesday.

A press release noted that this is "a priority project of the EU and the Energy Community."

• A Bank delegation led by President Werner Hoyer participated in the Western Balkans Summit in Sofia
• The EIB and Serbia signed a Memorandum of Understanding reconfirming the Bank's support for key connectivity infrastructure, digitalisation, rural development, energy safety and urban transport

Since mid-February, there has been serious interest in the Belene NPP project from China's largest state-owned nuclear power company. This is what Energy Minister Temenujka Petkova said during today's parliamentary oversight, BNT reported.

The Government approved a memorandum on Thursday mandating state-owned enterprises to participate in public auctions.

"It is a memorandum that increases (...) competitiveness of the majority or wholly state-owned companies through public procurement procedures," said Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici at a news conference at Victoria Palace.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have launched a new advisory program to help small and mid-sized businesses in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania to grow and create jobs.

The Turkish Treasury and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a loan agreement amounting to 150 million euros ($183 million) to finance an ongoing mega rail project in Istanbul, according to an official statement on March 1.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva will take part in the Foreign Affairs Council, which will be held in Brussels.

The meeting will begin today with a working breakfast with the President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the main topic of which will be the creation of a Development Bank as a subordinate structure within the EIB.

The government is in search of cash injections so it can implement plans supported by the investment incentives legislation.

Copper and aluminum firm ElvalHalcor will receive 70 million euros from the European Investment Bank to support a planned technical and building infrastructure investment program worth 150 million euros, the EIB confirmed on Thursday.