The European Investment Bank today outlined details of a comprehensive earthquake reconstruction and recovery package of up to EUR 500 million new financial support, within the European Union’s overall response, at the Donors’ Conference for the People of Türkiye and Syria convened in Brussels by the European Commission and Swedish Presidency of the European Council.

The European Investment Bank, through its dedicated development finance arm EIB Global, backs the four-year programme of investment in the Moldovan electricity distribution sector. The programme will be implemented by ICS Premier Energy Distribution, Moldova’s largest private electricity distribution system operator, which serves about 70% of the country. The EIB finance, in line with the European Union’s Global Gateway strategy, will contribute to the modernisation, digitalisation and expansion of the electricity distribution grid in the central and southern part of Moldova, including the capital Chisinau.

Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr Lotay Tshering today made his first visit to Luxembourg headquarters of the European Investment Bank, the world’s largest multilateral bank and leading global financier of renewable energy.

Four long-standing members of the EMCDDA Management Board received awards this week in recognition of their extraordinary dedication and service to the agency. The recipients were:  Mr Franz Pietsch — Chairman of the Management Board since 1 January 2022. Mr Pietsch has been Austrian member of the...

A working arrangement was signed this morning in Madrid between FIIAPP/Spanish Cooperation and the EMCDDA in order to train and update the knowledge and experience of experts responsible for recording and analysing data on addictions. FIIAPP and the EMCDDA already work together on drug policy...

Today, the EMCDDA and the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe agreed on new areas of cooperation in the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed in 2010.

The Management Board was updated on the ongoing efforts of EMA’s Executive Steering Group on Shortages and Safety of Medicinal Products (MSSG) to closely...

Stepping up judicial cooperation to combat environmental crime has been the main focus of two major events organised by the EuroMed Justice (EMJ) programme this week. Experts and officials from Algeria, Egypt, France, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia participated in the Conference on Environmental Justice in the Mediterranean on 14 and 15 March in Algiers to share best practices and expertise. Furthermore, a dedicated joint training session for practitioners took place in Verona in Italy.

At its monthly meeting, EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) carried out its broad range of responsibilities, which cover all aspects of the risk management of...