Spot the difference: Alstom in Indonesia and Slovenia
Blog entry | 31 July, 2012The company hired to build a new unit at the Sostanj lignite power plant is involved in strikingly similar corruption cases across continents.
Read moreA threatened growth package
Blog entry | 20 July, 2012Shifting gears from the austerity years, EU leaders recently proposed injecting EUR 120 billion into the European economy.
Read moreState guarantee vote for TES 6 overshadowed by OLAF corruption investigation
Press release | 20 July, 2012A state guarantee law supporting the construction of a 600 MW lignite plant at Sostanj in Slovenia (TES 6) was passed this week despite allegations of corruption against the management of the company remaining unsettled. Even more, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) recently opened an official investigation into TES 6. (1)
Read moreBringing EU standards to third countries?
Blog entry | 13 July, 2012When the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invest money in our countries, they are often expected to promote good practices in the projects they support.
Read moreComplaint to EIB on Rivne – Kyiv High Voltage Line Project seeking project compliance review
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Another own goal for Ukraine at the Euro 2012
Blog entry | 27 June, 2012A Euro 2012 related road rehabilitation in Ukraine has left locals with a high speed road but no safety in their front yards.
Read moreEurope’s unequal partnerships – a sad tale about energy
Blog entry | 25 June, 2012A too strong focus on energy security is steering Europe’s engagement with neighbouring states in a troublesome direction for the partnering countries.
Read moreThe EIB in Greece: by the numbers
Blog entry | 15 June, 2012As Europe’s financial establishment braces for the results of tomorrow’s Greek elections and Eurozone officials dangle the carrot of a new European Investment Bank programme in front of Athens, we’ve prepared a snapshot of previous EIB loans in the country. [1] [2] [3] [4] (NB: any tricolour similarities are entirely coincidental.)
Read moreA call for an open and transparent consultation process over the EIB’s energy policy
Publication | 13 June, 2012In this letter, five NGOs and NGO coalitions call on the EIB to undertake consultations according to the best standard as well as to identify and inform a wide range of stakeholders about the revision of the policy.
Read moreThe revolution should not be privatised
Blog entry | 12 June, 2012Pushing for public-private partnerships will not support democratisation in the Arab Spring countries but risks increasing their public debt. Our new website brings together the PPP lessons that Europe should have learned.
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