Updates on the European Investment Bank

Small is (not always) beautiful: small hydro development in the Western Balkans

It has long been recognised that the human and environmental costs of large dams are extremely high. But what about small ones? Here we unpack some of the myths being spread about small hydropower in the Balkans.

[Campaign update] Protestors take to Kyiv to demand action from agribusiness giant encroaching on their lands

On 22 February, more than 70 activists and residents from the Chyhyryn region south of Kyiv protested outside the headquarters of Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), the Ukrainian agribusiness conglomerate owned by one of the country’s richest billionaires.

Question marks abound over EU-Azerbaijan gas tango

Ministers, ambassadors and envoys from at least 15 countries, including Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s Vice President for the Energy Union, are gathered today in the Azerbaijani capital to discuss the progress on the Southern Gas Corridor, t

EIB response to the Risky Business report

Putting human rights upfront – briefing for the directors of the European Investment Bank

Principles of effectiveness for the EIB Complaints Mechanism Office – briefing for the directors of the European Investment Bank

Energy and climate action at the EIB – briefing for the directors of the European Investment Bank

The Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia – briefing for the directors of the European Investment Bank

Why the EIB should not finance the Southern Gas Corridor – briefing for the directors of the European Investment Bank

Outsourcing accountability? The EIB’s failure to enforce environmental information disclosure in its intermediated loans

The European Investment Bank is known to have provided over EUR 22 million for the construction of at least 19 small and mini hydropower plants through financial intermediaries in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia between 2010 and 2