Brussels, 07/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has just launched a lending facility via other financial institutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU's eastern neighbours.
Until now, the EIB has been able to offer its SME loans product only to banks within the European Union, Western Balkans and pre-accession countries. Its decision to expand geographic coverage follows a request made at the EU's Eastern Partnership summit held in Prague in...