European Investment Bank

• 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

They spoke about "current projects implemented by Serbia with the EIB, estimating that these projects are significant for the citizens of Serbia because they show why the European Union (EU) is useful to them."

The European Investment Fund (EIF) on Monday signed three loan guarantee agreements with Greece's National Bank (NBG) worth 640 million euros to provide funding to small and medium-sized businesses to support the Greek economy's recovery.

Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, and Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, today signed four key pieces of EU legislation to make possible its timely entry into force.

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.

€ 355 million will come from Europe for the development of start-ups, small and medium-sized companies in Bulgaria. The total attracted resource, which includes additional private investments, could reach a billion and a half euros, BT said.