MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: MINISTER SERUIRATU’S OPENING STATEMENT AT THE MPGCA FINANCE ROUNDTABLE
Source: Republic Of Fiji 12/9/2018 Distinguished panellists Ladies and Gentlemen, Bula vinaka and a very good day to you all. It is a pleasure to join you today at the opening of this very important event. I am happy to see the many different actors in the room – government representatives, investors, banks, business, and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Commissioner Gabriel congratulates the first 2,800 municipalities granted WiFi4EU vouchers
Source: European Commission Today the European Commission announced the results of the first WiFi4EU call for proposals, which ran on 7-9 November. 2,800 municipalities were selected to receive a WiFi4EU voucher worth €15,000. The total budget of this call was €42 million. The selected municipalities will be able to set up Wi-Fi hotspots in public […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Report – Minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures – A8-0440/2018 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Source: European Parliament 2 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures (COM(2018)0134 – C8-0117/2018 – 2018/0060(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Latest news – ECON committee meetings in December – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Source: European Parliament ECON committee meetings in December 07-12-2018 – 17:52 Next committee meetings will take place on: 10.12.2018, 19.00 – 22.30, Strasbourg, room LOW N1.3 13.12.2018, 08.30 – 09.45, Strasbourg, room WIC100 (BUDG-ECON) Economic Dialogue with Vice-President Dombrovskis and Commissioner Moscovici 07-12-2018 – 15:10 On 10 December at 19:30, ECON Members will have an […]
Read More →MIL-OSI EU-Baltics: Bulgaria: EIB Group Survey on investment in Bulgaria presented at conference in Sofia
Source: European Investment Bank Investment gaps persist despite strong, but mainly consumption-driven, economic growth in recent years Only 64% of firms made investments in the last financial year compared to 87% EU-wide The lack of workforce with relevant skills and uncertainty about the future are the main barriers to investment The share of finance-constrained firms […]
Read More →MIL-OSI EU-Baltics: Benoît Cœuré: Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures
Source: European Union Introductory remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the second meeting of the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures, Frankfurt, 7 December 2018 It is a pleasure to welcome you back to Frankfurt. Since our last meeting in March, we have been very busy […]
Read More →MIL-OSI EU-Baltics: Commissioner Gabriel congratulates the first 2,800 municipalities granted WiFi4EU vouchers
Source: European Union Today the European Commission announced the results of the first WiFi4EU call for proposals, which ran on 7-9 November. 2,800 municipalities were selected to receive a WiFi4EU voucher worth €15,000. The total budget of this call was €42 million. The selected municipalities will be able to set up Wi-Fi hotspots in public […]
Read More →MIL-OSI EU-Baltics: Croatia: Investment Plan for Europe – EIB supports Croatian Rimac Automobili in development of high performance electric vehicles and components
Source: European Investment Bank EIB and Croatian Rimac Automobili sign EUR 30 million loan for investment in research and development of electric vehicles and related components; Transaction is guaranteed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe Rimac will scale up its activities, accelerate investments into RDI, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI EU-Baltics: Croatia: EIB commits EUR 300 million to cohesion projects
Source: European Investment Bank EIB loan will be used as national contribution in EU funded priority projects in Croatia; Loan enables Croatia to implement projects worth EUR 8.1 billion in areas like infrastructure, environment and research and development This is the second portion of a EUR 600 million loan. The first portion disbursed in 2016 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI EU-Baltics: Croatian Government contributes EUR 500,000 for Bosnia and Herzegovina and other Western Balkans countries to tackle migration challenges and create jobs
Source: European Investment Bank Total contributions for the Economic Resilience Initiative (ERI) now close to EUR 130 million; 36 projects approved under the Initiative representing EUR 3.7 billion of financing; Over 160,000 jobs to be sustained in smaller businesses and midcaps enabled by lending via partner banks; EIB contributed to ERI with technical assistance and […]
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