Brussels, 10/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - A European Investment Bank mission, led by its Vice-President, Philippe de Fontaine, was in Algeria on 10 and 11 December to kick off the reconstruction funding project after the earthquake that hit the country last May. The EIB was to sign the loan, for 230 million EUR, which was agreed immediately after the earthquake. A further 2 million EUR will come from FEMIP (Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership Facility) funds to cover aid expenditure,...