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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9811

6 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 18
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
Loan in favour of SMEs and local authorities in Bulgaria

Brussels, 05/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to lend €25 million in CIBANK Bulgaria (part of the KBC Group) to finance the projects of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and municipalities in Bulgaria.

This new loan provided by the EIB is the first operation with CIBANK and represents further extension of the EIB's network of partner banks in Bulgaria. It is also part of an expansion of the EIB's support for SMEs at EU level in response to the...