The EU is working on a slew of new legislative proposals to make Europe a better place to live. Read on to discover what you can expect in 2020.

Novi Sad with the first project under the EBRD Green Cities programme in an effort to tackle environmental challenges in the city.

The Legal Affairs Committee confirmed on Thursday Parliament’s negotiating position on a new bill introducing EU-wide rules on collective redress.

The EBRD is helping to increase the availability of funds for small firms in Tunisia through a local currency loan equivalent to €2 million to Advans Tunisie, an international microfinance institution serving more than one million customers worldwide and 16,000 in Tunisia by the end of 2019.

André Küüsvek has been appointed as EBRD Managing Director for Central Asia. He will be responsible for one of the most geographically diverse regions of the Bank’s operations, where the EBRD has invested US$ 15.6 billion (€14 billion).

During the first plenary session of 2020, Parliament called for more ambitious measures to tackle climate change and to put citizens at the centre of an initiative to reform the EU..

With funding from Kazakhstan, we helped build a modern furniture factory

MEPs want action to tackle the illegal trade in pets in order to better protect animals and punish rule breakers.

Florentine Hopmeier has been appointed head of the EBRD’s office in Brussels and will take up her new role today.

The Presidents of the three main EU institutions will meet on Thursday in Bazoches to debate the future of the EU as well as current geopolitical challenges.

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The EBRD is financing major investments to improve public transport in Sarajevo, with CO2 emission reductions likely to exceed 30 per cent, in an effort to tackle the alarming air pollution in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

More than 200 million girls and women alive today have suffered female genital mutilation. Discover where it is practised, the reasons for it and its impact.

The East Kazakhstan region, already making major upgrades to its municipal infrastructure, today brought two regional cities into the EBRD’s successful urban sustainability programme, EBRD Green Cities, when the region’s Governor, Danial Akhmetov, signed a Memorandum of Understanding showing local authorities’ strong interest in developing the green economy.

Leaders of the Western Balkans will gather in London on Monday for the EBRD Investment Summit 2020. The event will be attended by all heads of government from the region: Ana Brnabic, Albin Kurti, Dusko Markovic, Edi Rama, Oliver Spasovski and Zoran Tegeltija.

Ahead of a special summit on 20 February, the EP’s negotiating team expresses its opposition to President Michel’s proposal for the next long-term budget.

As unit-holders, you have the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting on 04/07/2020, which will be offered the transformation of KBC ExpertEase Dynamic Balanced from a sub-fund of the open-ended public investment fund IN.focus into a sub-fund of Horizon Public Investment Company.

Attica Bank S.A. informs its investors that, as part of the implementation of its business plan and after obtaining the relevant approval of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission.

The decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) in Lithuania has reached a new milestone with the delivery of the final storage cask for spent nuclear fuel, one year ahead of schedule.

“With negotiations kicking off today, we are entering into a crucial phase that will set the tone for the future EU-UK relationship. The European Union is united; mutual trust and respect should prevail to ensure the best possible outcome for both parties.