European Investment Bank

The business plan of Public Power Corporation, including the list of the units to be put up for sale, will be supervised by the European Investment Bank, PPC's biggest creditor.

Fund disbursements by the state to the economy will exceed 1.8 billion euros this year, Alternate Economy Minister Alexis Haritsis said on Wednesday at the presentation of the European Investment Bank's second Trade Finance Facility (TFF) for Greece.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is extending further support to Greek enterprises through the renewal of its program financing external trade and imports. The new trade finance facility worth 400 million euros will be presented on Wednesday at a special event in Athens.

The Economy Ministry is setting up an infrastructure fund with the contribution of European authorities that will finance projects amounting to 1 billion euros in the form of public-private partnerships (PPPs).

BELGRADE - The European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest around 375 mln euros in Serbia, primarily in infrastructure, EIB Director for the Western Balkans Dubravka Negre said Monday.

She announced projects to modernise the Nis-Dimitrovgrad rail line and build a Nis bypass road and a gas interconnection between Serbia and Bulgaria.

BELGRADE - The agenda of the May 21-22 Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) meeting in Belgrade will include the significance of regional ties for economy, cooperation in European integration and the quality of economic potentials.

Greek lenders Piraeus Bank and Alpha have signed agreements with the European Investment Fund (EIF) to provide 420 million euros in loans to more than 2,000 small businesses in the country, they said on Thursday.

Appearing before the inquiry looking into political responsibility for the ballooning cost of unit 6 of the Šoštanj coal-fired power plant (TEŠ), Mramor said that by the time he started serving his second term in 2014, neither him nor the government had any leverage any more to streamline the project.

Pancretan Bank on Thursday signed a 50-million-euro contract with the European Investment Bank for the funding of small and medium-sized enterprises, in the context of the EIB's Jobs for Youth initiative.

EIB Vice-President Jonathan Taylor said: "EIB remains committed to supporting the real economy, as well as continuing to invest in young people."

The European Investment Bank (EIB) launched a one billion euro credit line to Greek banks on Thursday to be channeled to small and medium-sized companies and firms promoting youth employment.