Regional airports hope to take off in Poland

7 May 2012  | Business New Europe

Smaller cities across Poland are busy pumping millions into new airports, claiming that if they build it, passengers and investors will come. However, others worry these air hubs are no more than white elephants that will struggle to get off the ground.

Investing in coal: risk, reward and regulation

7 May 2012  | Mindful Money

Global demand for coal is set to grow by 600,000 tonnes a day in the next five years, this would seem to make it a no-lose proposition for investors. If only things were that simple.

The Egyptian Revolution and Neo-Liberal Economics

30 April 2012  | The Real News

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Debate on greener EU budget gets underway

24 April 2012  | ENDS Europe

One of the MEPs leading debate on the environmental earmarking of EU funds in the next budget will outline her views in the parliament’s environment committee in early May. Rapporteur Jutta Haug issued three working documents last week.

Lessons learned for the EBRD

10 April 2012  | EUObserver

In recent weeks, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been in the news as rarely before, with a few important questions being raised about its accountability.

The European Investment Bank should rather do better than more

30 March 2012  | New Europe

The European Investment Bank – the European Union’s house bank – should lend more responsibly and more transparently, said the European Parliament on Thursday while assessing the bank’s annual activity report. But the capital increase at the EIB called for by the same European Parliament would hardly allow an already over-stretched institution to make such improvements. The bank would be better advised to work on improving management of current resources before rushing into a capital expansion.