Brussels, 10/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) states that, during the first semester of 2001, it granted loans totalling EUR 258 million to the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) signatory of the Lomé Convention, to overseas countries and territories (OCT) and to South Africa. Out of this amount, EUR 159 million were financed by own resources that the bank obtains on international capital markets and EUR 100 million from venture capital from the...