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Нетранспарентноста на Европската инвестициона банка и проектите на Балканот

December 13, 2021

Една неодамна објавена вест – дека Европската инвестициона банка (ЕИБ) ја усвоила новата политика на транспарентност – немаше да биде вест …


Mostransparenca e Bankës Evropiane të Investimeve dhe projekteve në Ballkan

December 11, 2021

Analizë speciale për Portalb.mk nga Malinka Ristevska Jordanova, Instituti për Politika Evropiane.


Will EU stop its investment bank hiding a third of its lending?

November 16, 2021

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is not even willing to commit to matching its peers – the European Bank for Reconstruction and …


EuroNatur und Bankwatch fordern strengere Regeln bei Wasserkraftfinanzierung der Europäischen Investitionsbank

October 21, 2021

Die Europäische Investitionsbank (EIB) hat seit 2010 (1) eine Reihe zerstörerischer Wasserkraftprojekte finanziert, wie ein heute …


New report: European Investment Bank hydropower failures necessitate tighter rules

October 21, 2021

The European Investment Bank has financed a series of damaging hydropower projects since 2010 which underline the need to tighten its environmental and social standards, according to a new report published today by CEE Bankwatch Network and EuroNatur. 


Kenya energy project exposes the dark side of EU development funds

October 14, 2021

A third of the European Investment Bank (EIB) portfolio in 2020 went through financial intermediaries, a channel that has already enabled …


Kenya energy project exposes the dark side of EU development funds

October 13, 2021

A third of the European Investment Bank (EIB) portfolio in 2020 went through financial intermediaries, a channel that has already enabled multiple projects with devastating consequences for nature and communities with virtually zero accountability. The ongoing review of the EIB’s environmental and social standards is a crucial opportunity to ensure transparency and proper scrutiny of all projects supported with European public money.


Why can a third of European Investment Bank lending evade the Bank’s environmental and social rules?

September 21, 2021

The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) financial intermediaries (FIs) help the EIB to reach smaller clients than it would otherwise be able to finance. The EIB’s global lending via intermediaries amounted to EUR 22.6 billion in 2020. In the EU, credit li


A third of European Investment Bank lending evades environmental and social rules

September 21, 2021

More than a third of the European Investment Bank (EIB)’s EU lending is carried out via intermediaries. Yet most of this money disappears into a black hole, with no information published about the final beneficiaries and no checks by the EIB about their environmental and social impacts. The EIB’s new safeguard framework is supposed to address this, but the draft text leaves the Bank far behind its peers.


A case study on the Beli Kamen and Komalj hydropower plants on the Crni Rzav and Ribnica Rivers in Serbia

April 22, 2021

The small hydropower plants Beli Kamen and Komalj are built on the Crni Rzav and Ribnica Rivers of the Drina basin in western Serbia. Both plants are interconnected, as they use water from the same intakes and were financed by the European Investment B


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