In the context of the first European Gender Equality Week, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) released its 2020 Gender Equality Index this morning.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is strengthening Serbia’s agribusiness potential with a €25 million loan to Sojaprotein, a leading producer of soybean concentrates. Raiffeisen banka a.d. Beograd is providing an equally sized parallel loan as part of the project.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the central banks of Estonia (Eesti Pank), Latvia (Latvijas Banka) and Lithuania (Lietuvos Bankas) are joining forces to develop a regional market for commercial papers.

The EU is preparing rules which would make it possible to stop payments from the EU budget to member states that do not respect the rule of law.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are providing a financial package of up to US$ 5 million to Jordan’s telecommunications provider Al-Hadatha Telecom and Technology PSC (DAMAMAX) to support the expansion of the company’s fibre-to-the-premises (FTTx) services.

MEPs quizzed ECB President Lagarde about the bank’s policies going forwards, how to factor in climate change, and looming high debt as a result of the pandemic

New financing via Garanti Leasing BBVA will help businesses stay open and overcome the impact of Covid-19 pandemic

In the grip of the second wave of coronavirus, two thirds of EU citizens call for more EU competence and an EU budget with sufficient means to tackle the crisis.