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The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group inaugurated an IT Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Warsaw to expand the group’s cloud, cybersecurity and other digital capabilities.

A high-level delegation of the European Investment Bank (EIB Global) led by EIB Vice President, Thomas Östros, is visiting Tanzania for a raft of activities geared at ramping up its investment in the country. The visit provides an opportunity to take stock of EIB-supported projects with a particular focus on green private sector, public infrastructure, gender-lens investing and boosting of the blue economy.

European Commission Daily news Brussels, 02 Jul 2024 Le deuxième rapport sur l'état d'avancement de la décennie numérique appelle à une action collective renforcée pour accélérer la transformation numérique de l'U...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 02 Jul 2024 Today, the Commission has published the second report on the State of the Digital Decade, providing a comprehensive overview of the progress made in the quest to achieve the digital objectives and targets set for 2030 by the Digital Decade Policy Programme (DDPP).

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Snam have signed a financing agreement for €100 million to support energy improvement projects in public buildings and energy efficiency measures for industrial activities. The framework financing agreement can be used in several tranches over three years. Each tranche will have a maximum total tenor of 15 years.

EIOPA published today an Opinion regarding the supervision of captive (re)insurance undertakings, with a particular focus on intra-group transactions, the prudent person principle and governance.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Madrid's Empresa Municipal de Transportes (EMT) have signed a €50 million loan to finance the expansion of EMT's zero-emissions bus fleet, boosting support for sustainable urban public transport. The project includes the purchase of 250 electric buses and 10 hydrogen buses to replace the vehicles that have been in service in Madrid the longest, and are nearing the end of their useful life.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 02 Jul 2024 Today, the Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of 53 milestones and targets linked to Italy's fifth payment request, for €11 billion (net of pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 02 Jul 2024 Today, the Commission endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of 19 out of the 20 milestones and targets linked to Belgium's first payment request for €658 million (net of pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.