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3 Arrested for Smuggling over 259 Vietnamese Migrants to Germany

May 31, 2021

Europe

British Reporter — In the early hours of 31 May, some 740 police officers carried out coordinated raids across Germany and Slovakia against the members of a criminal syndicate smuggling Vietnamese nationals into Europe, arresting 3 individuals, Europol notes.

Health and consumer crisis: Europeans remain cautious

The FINANCIAL -- According to BNP Paribas, for nine months now, Europe has

by The FINANCIAL

December 26, 2020

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Commission approves Euro 300 million German aid scheme to support transition to sustainable local public transport

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid

by The FINANCIAL

December 22, 2020

1 min read

36 entries have been added to the Belarus financial sanctions regime

29 individuals and 7 entities have been added to the consolidated list

by The FINANCIAL

December 18, 2020

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EBRD e-training helps make road design greener

The FINANCIAL — Engineers designing and building roads in the EBRD regions are, through exposure to EBRD projects, finding out more about both how to incorporate international best practice in road safety into their work and, most recently, in climate resilience too. “Talking about climate resilience in

by The FINANCIAL

October 30, 2020

3 mins read

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EBRD supports Serbia’s Sojaprotein

The FINANCIAL — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is strengthening Serbia’s agribusiness potential with a €25 million loan to Sojaprotein, a leading producer of soybean concentrates. Raiffeisen banka a.d. Beograd is providing an equally sized parallel loan as part of the project.

by The FINANCIAL

October 30, 2020

1 min read

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EIB finances ALTUM with €130 mln to help Latvian businesses

The FINANCIAL — Together with the Latvian Ministry of Economy, in mid-March Altum launched a EUR 200m Covid-19 Working Capital Loan Programme, a support mechanism for Latvian businesses impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. To expand the capabilities of this programme to safeguard Latvian

by The FINANCIAL

October 28, 2020

1 min read

Europe

EUROCHAMBRES calls for free trade between Turkey and EU

The FINANCIAL — EUROCHAMBRES has called for every effort to be made to ensure free trade between the EU and Turkey, and underlined its opposition to economic barriers, including boycotts of EU products. EUROCHAMBRES, the European association of chambers of commerce &

by The FINANCIAL

October 28, 2020

1 min read

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EBRD approved €30 mln credit to boost financial stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The FINANCIAL — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €30 million standby credit line to the Deposit Insurance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (DIA) to ensure that citizens and businesses are protected against potential vulnerabilities in the financial sector

by The FINANCIAL

October 27, 2020

1 min read

Europe

EU Internal Market Committee proposed a series of measures to strengthen consumer protection

The FINANCIAL — In a resolution on sustainable Single Market approved by 20 (2 voted against, 23 abstained), MEPs call on the Commission to grant consumers a “right to repair” by making repairs more appealing, systematic, and cost-efficient. They also ask the Commission

by The FINANCIAL

October 27, 2020

1 min read

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Wastewater treatment is key to protecting Baltic Sea

The FINANCIAL — Issued this October, NIB’s Blue Bond is financing a loan to the Blominmäki wastewater treatment plant in the City of Espoo, Finland. Once ready, the advanced treatment will significantly reduce the discharge of nitrogen and phosphorous into the Baltic

by The FINANCIAL

October 26, 2020

4 mins read

Europe

EBRD approved new 5-year strategy for Greece

The FINANCIAL — (EBRD) has approved a new strategy for Greece , which will guide the Bank’s investment and policy engagement in the country during the next five years. The EBRD’s work will include measures in response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis and efforts to support economic recovery.

by The FINANCIAL

October 23, 2020

1 min read

Europe

Government debt up to 87.8% of GDP in EU

The FINANCIAL — At the end of the second quarter of 2020, the quarter in which the impacts of the containment measures as well as policy responses to the containment measures fully materialised in increased financing needs, the government debt to GDP

by The FINANCIAL

October 23, 2020

1 min read

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Recession deepens in Western Balkans, World Bank’s report says

The FINANCIAL — The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the Western Balkans region into a deep recession, with drops in both domestic and foreign demand, coupled with disruptions in supply chains, forcing all six countries in the region into negative growth territory for

by The FINANCIAL

October 23, 2020

2 mins read