19/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - €50 million for Czech SMEs. Around 2,300 Czech SMEs and micro companies will be able to benefit from assistance in the form of a loan for €50 million over the next three years. This was made possible by way of an agreement signed on Tuesday 19 January between the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Komercni banka, a banking institution in the Czech Republic, as part of the COSME programme and EU programme for employment and social innovation (EaSI), together with the European Funds for Strategic Investment (EFSI). (PH)