Fuelling controversy
Bankwatch in the media | July 15, 2013
The EU’s investment bank is under pressure to stop financing coal plants
Bankwatch in the media | July 15, 2013
The EU’s investment bank is under pressure to stop financing coal plants
Bankwatch in the media | June 30, 2011
The commission’s proposals for a five per cent rise in the EU budget have met with a mixed response.
Bankwatch in the media | March 1, 2012
Negotiations on the role regional funds will play in the EU’s next multi-annual budget are stagnating because talks are taking place in the context of the pre-crisis period, Fabian Zuleeg of the European Policy Centre told EurActiv in an interview.
Bankwatch in the media | November 26, 2012
EU policymakers and NGOs have given a mixed reaction to the dramatic collapse of last week’s summit of EU leaders and heads of state.
Bankwatch in the media | December 10, 2014
Energy Union, the flagship initiative to wean the EU off its dependence on Russian gas, faces regulatory, financial and political obstacles that can delay or prevent funding for vital infrastructure, the EU Task Force on Investment has warned.
Bankwatch in the media | January 6, 2015
In the pale sunlight of an unseasonably warm December day, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday cut the ribbon to open the Mihailo Pupin Bridge, spanning the Danube in west Belgrade.
Bankwatch in the media | July 8, 2015
For years, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has been involved in the Kumtor mining project, which some experts say is contaminating ground and surface waters. Kyrgyz local communities have been complaining that the gold mine is causing negative environmental and social impacts on the nearby villages. Additionally, international NGOs and Kyrgyz environmentalists believe that the Canadian-operated Centerra Gold mine is triggering rapid glacier melt due to company’s mining practices. The EBRD has denied these claims.
Bankwatch in the media | September 21, 2016
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has raised €350m ($391m) in the first round of fundraising for its debut Equity Participation Fund. The fund aims to attract long term institutional capital into the private sector of those countries
Bankwatch in the media | May 19, 2012
Four Arab countries are expected this year to start witnessing major foreign investments after the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development established a one billion euro ($1.28 billion) fund, excluding Lebanon from the process for allegedly failing to ask the lending body to carry out a technical assessment on the country.
Bankwatch in the media | March 12, 2013
Europe’s two biggest public banks agreed funding for a lignite-fired power plant in Slovenia, sparking criticism from pressure groups which have questioned the way the project was awarded and its pollution threat.
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