Money in the bank? In a new region, EBRD told to enter with care
Egypt Independent | June 7, 2012http://www.egyptindependent.com/weeklyedition/2012/jun/07
Germany is holding Greece to ransom
New Europe | June 4, 2012Bloomberg, not exactly a Bolshevik press agency, recently highlighted why we should have zero sympathy for the bankers of Frankfurt and Berlin. Its editors cited estimates that Germany took more than 284 billion euros from other countries in the single currency bloc between 2009 and the end of last year. Greece has so far received 340 billion euros in loans as a response to the financial crisis; just 15 billion euros of that sum came directly from Germany.
Cutting energy use in Europe’s old building stock: Mission impossible?
EurActiv | June 4, 2012http://www.euractiv.com/energy-efficiency/cutting-energy-use-europes-old-b-linksdossier-512025
Parliament: do not let Poland hijack green agenda
EuObserver | June 1, 2012Warsaw’s latest battle against efforts to ‘green’ Europe’s economy is being played out in the European Parliament’s regional affairs committee. Polish-designed technical texts could kill the environment-friendly criteria attached to the next €1 trillion EU budget.
EBRD refutes claim it will fund Ukrainian reactor life extensions
Platts | May 31, 2012The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has rejected claims by an anti-nuclear group that a loan it is considering together with Euratom for Ukraine’s nuclear sector will be used to extend the operating lives of the country’s Soviet-era reactors.
Polish Power-Station Free Carbon Bid Breaks Law:Greenpeace
Bloomberg | May 31, 2012Poland broke European Union law when unbuilt power stations were permitted to apply for free carbon allowances last year, Greenpeace and three other climate charities said.
EBRD Expansion to Tunisia Brings New Focus on Private Sector
Tunisia Live | May 25, 2012With its sights set on Tunisia and other countries in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) declared at a recent summit in London that it is breaking away from the free-market approach it employed to shore up the economies of Eastern European states in the post-Cold War period.
Empowering Arab Women, a Difficult Task for the EBRD
Morocco World News | May 24, 2012Faced with a lack of opportunities and disempowerment in their societies, women’s journey towards self-assertion is more effort consuming.
EBRD’s work cut out in quest to put Egypt on the road to economic renewal
The Guardian | May 24, 2012The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development faces some tough calls as it tries to revive Egypt’s economic fortunes.
EBRD sustainable investment plan shoots down critical study
blue & green tomorrow | May 23, 2012The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revealed plans to invest €6.5 billion in cutting carbon emissions, just days after a report by Bankwatch suggested that the EBRD’s investment strategy was undermining its sustainability strategy.
