Updates on the European Investment Bank

Complaint to European Ombudsman concerning maladministration from EIB in D8 motorway project

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In this EIB monothematic issue: Public Funds for Public Benefit – new NGO campaign launched * Mónica Ridruejo uncensored * EIB outside Europe but not out of sight * The IFC’s “no” to controversial Slovak paper mill followed by the EIB’s “yes” * Is thinking big the way to Stability? * BTC campaigner persecuted in Turkey * EIR for all – including the EIB * Dubious gains: the EIB’s involvement in the Slovak rail system * Access denied: the EIB’s mythical Information Policy

Letter to EIB on the Bank consideration of the World Bank Extractive Industries Review in its energy portfolio

Mr Philippe Maystadt President European Investment Bank 100, bd Konrad Adenauer L-2950 Luxembourg Re: World Bank Extractive Industries Review Dear Philippe Maystadt,

Letter from Ministry of Finance, Czech republic concerning NGO request on information about loans provided by EIB

NGO letter to EIB complaining on the access to information on D8 motorway loan to the Czech Republic

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In this EIB monothematic issue: The EIB’s New Information Policy: Ask for Infromation-Test the Bank * Road to Ruin (EIB’s Loan for Bulgarian E-79 Road Construction) * Money for Nothing (Questions for the Benefits from the EU Phare Project in Bulgaria) * Did EIB Loans Tend to Ruin Regional Railways? (Slovakian Case) * Participation for Better Planning Documents? (National Development Plan for Latvia) * Not Too Late to Put Things Right (EIB Loan for Construction of Czech D-8 Highway) * The Balkan Stability Pact: What is it good for?

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In this issue: EIB: Join the EIB: NO REFORM – NO MONEY Campaign!, Why the EIB must be reformed * EIB Funding for Enron * Kozloduy Decommissioning Fund * Are the EU and the EIB making a habit of building highways through Biodiversity sites?

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In this issue: NEMAK Aluminium Work Project in Czech Republic: What grows in those fertile fields? * WB Forest Development Project in Romania: Remebering the Amazon * Sofia-Kulata Motorway Project in Bulgaria: The EIA procedure has not started at all

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In this issue dedicated to the ‘No Reform, No Money’ campaign: EIB: NO REFORM NO MONEY! EIB: No Responsibility for Development, EIB Information Policy * EIB – a Friend to the Environment * Bulgaria: Nuclear plant or EU Membership * EBRD to Fund Project Under Legal Challenge * Clear Targets for Climate Change Needed

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Massive Dams for Massive Disasters

A case study prepared for the campaign “No Reform No Money” The campaign urged EIB shareholder countries to condition the replenishment of the bank’s capital on substantial improvements in public access to information, environmental standards, a proper development mandate, and appropriate supervision by EU institutions.