Matteo Patrone

Mark Davis has been appointed the new EBRD Regional Director for Romania and Bulgaria and will assume his new role in Bucharest on 1 April 2019. He follows Matteo Patrone who has become Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will extend a loan of EUR 300 M to the Bulgarian Deposit Insurance Fund (BDIF) under a deal signed in Sofia on Thursday.

PM Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday received outgoing European Bank for Reconstruction and Development country director for Serbia Matteo Patrone in a farwell visit.

Patrone has been quoted as saying on the occasion that "economic measures taken by the country's government were producing positive results."

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced on Tuesday the appointment of Matteo Patrone as its new director for Romania.

Patrone will take on July 1 the position of James Hyslop, who has been appointed as EBRD's London-based director for municipal infrastructure and environment.

EBRD: Unused loans should be canceled or redirected

BELGRADE -- Serbia should cancel most of the EUR 3.5 billion loans that have not been used, or redirect a part of the funds to more urgent projects, says Matteo Patrone.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) director for Serbia spoke for Tanjug on Sunday.

EUR 3.5bn allocated for infrastructure still unused - EBRD

KOPAONIK -- Serbia must accelerate the realization of infrastructural projects because as many as EUR 3.5 billion allocated for these projects have not been used.

This is what Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Serbia Matteo Patrone stated on Thursday.

KOPAONIK - Serbia has to accelerate the realisation of infrastructure projects because as many as EUR 3.5 billion allocated to the country for these projects have not been used, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Serbia Matteo Patrone stated on Thursday.

EBRD: Serbia "on good reforms path"

BELGRADE -- Serbia is on "a good path in reform implementation and has laid good foundations for long-term development."

This is what experts of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - which predicts a minimal 0.5 percent economic growth for Serbia in 2015 - said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia is on a good path in reform implementation and has laid good foundations for long-term development, experts of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - which predicts a minimal 0.5 percent economic growth for Serbia in 2015 - said on Wednesday.

Flood-caused damage to economy at EUR 1.6bn

BELGRADE -- The damage to the economy caused by the May floods is officially estimated at EUR 1.6bn according to the Recovery Needs Assessment Report of the government.