Money in the bank? In a new region, EBRD told to enter with care

7 June 2012  | Egypt Independent

http://www.egyptindependent.com/weeklyedition/2012/jun/07

Germany is holding Greece to ransom

4 June 2012  | New Europe

Bloomberg, 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?

4 June 2012  | EurActiv

http://www.euractiv.com/energy-efficiency/cutting-energy-use-europes-old-b-linksdossier-512025

Parliament: do not let Poland hijack green agenda

1 June 2012  | EuObserver

Warsaw’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

31 May 2012  | Platts

The 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

31 May 2012  | Bloomberg

Poland 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.