Luxembourg, 07/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - By lending 320 million euro in all in the western Balkans in 2001, the European Investment Bank (EIB) increased and diversified its funding in the region. Having essentially backed the transport sector since the beginning of its interventions in the western Balkans in 1999 in the framework of the Stability Pact, the Bank diversified its loans in the region in 2001 to provide increased support for the private sector. This development may be explained...