Brussels, 08/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the EIB decided to grant a new loan, for a total of EUR 115 million, to the Arab Republic of Syria, in favour of the modernisation of its electricity distribution network. In a press release, it notes that this bears witness "to the EIB's firm intention to further support Syrian economic development." The bank relaunched its activities with this country in December 2000, following the resolving long-standing bilateral debt issues between...