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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 8h

Clean transport is the way forward🚆

➡️ We're backing Costa Rica's 1st electric train launch with a $250m financing. Together with BCIE & the Green Climate Fund, we are delivering a clean transport system that will benefit over +3m people in San José.

👉 go.eib.org/EIBCostaRica

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 10h

As part of our #TechEU initiative to accelerate EU innovation, we're signing the first €40m tranche of an €80m loan to:

✔️Speed up Navigator's decarbonisation plan
✔️Support an innovative plant producing moulded fibre packaging with eucalyptus pulp

go.eib.org/Portugal_Nav...

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 10h

New GEMs statistics reveal that investing in emerging markets may be less risky than often perceived.

Loans from Multilateral Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions show default and recovery rates comparable to those in advanced economies.

🔗 bit.ly/GEMs_RiskDat...

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 12h

On his first visit to Estonia, our VP Karl Nehammer signed a €45 million loan with Eesti Raudtee to modernise and electrify the country’s rail network.

The investment will make travel faster, cleaner and safer, driving the green transition.

👉 go.eib.org/Transport_Es...

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 1d

We join forces with Dolomiti Energia Group to power green transition in Italy.

This €200 million loan, backed by InvestEU, will fund new onshore wind in Campania & Puglia and upgrade grids in the the Autonomous Province of Trento, delivering clean energy to 100k homes.

➡️ go.eib.org/Italy_Dolomi...

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 1d

We’re signing a €370m loan with the Region of Brittany to maintain and renovate railway infrastructure and rolling stock.

A new step forward for collective and sustainable transport in close cooperation with local authorities.

🔗 go.eib.org/France_Railway

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 1d

📽️ Watch our President @nadiacalvino.eib.org discuss with @joaohscosta.bsky.social from RTP how the EIB Group is supporting Portuguese and European innovators, helping them grow, thrive, and stay in Europe ⤵️

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 1d

In her interview on SIC Notícias, President @nadiacalvino.eib.org highlights the need to invest in housing stock renovation in Portugal and across Europe.

At the EIB Group, we invest in energy efficiency measures and innovative technologies to make building more affordable and sustainable⤵️

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 2d

We’re joining forces with CaixaBank to back Navantia's renewable energy division.

This €50m counter-guarantee deal will support investments in offshore wind components, driving Europe's energy transition while strengthening industrial competitiveness ⤵️

go.eib.org/Spain_CaixaB...

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 4d

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Nadia Calviño @nadiacalvino.eib.org · 4d

Felicitatiounen un de Grand-Duc Guillaume!

Today is an important day for Luxembourg, a small country with a big European heart, home to the @eib.org Group.

Villmools Merci to H.R.H. Grand Duke Henri for 25 years of dedicated service.

#Trounwiessel

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 5d

We’re pleased to welcome Bálint Balassa as the EIB Group’s first Ombudsperson.

As part of our Speak-up and Dignity at Work Action Plan, this new role gives staff a safe, confidential space to raise concerns, seek guidance & strengthen a speak-up culture.

go.eib.org/Ombudsperson

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 6d

President @nadiacalvino.eib.org opened the second day of the #CMS2025 Seminar, stressing Europe’s need for open, integrated markets to channel savings into productive, sustainable investment - and our role in delivering this.

Read her full speech ➡️ go.eib.org/CapitalMarke...

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 6d

President @nadiacalvino.eib.org on our #TechEU programme’s contribution to the Capital Markets Union at #CMS2025 ⤵️

We aim to ‘mobilise €250bn by 2027’, supporting European companies so that Europe moves from being the world’s incubator to becoming the world’s scale-up success.

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 7d

A brand new school has opened in Sukhovolia, western Ukraine, welcoming 500 students to modern classrooms, sports halls and canteen.

Built with EIB support, it includes classrooms, sports grounds & a canteen designed under @zelenskaua.bsky.social ’s nutrition reform.

go.eib.org/NewSchoolUA

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 7d

We’re providing €750m to Intesa Sanpaolo to support renewable energy & the related supply chain, to:

🔵Develop new solar, wind & bioenergy projects, generating ~1,200 GWh/year – powering 400K+ Italian homes,
🔵Mobilise €4.5bn+ in green investment.

👉 go.eib.org/Italy_Energy

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 7d

Practically every two weeks, we deliver for Ukraine.

On the margins of #CMS2025, President @nadiacalvino.eib.org told @cnbc.com about:
✔️Our €300m deal with Naftogaz to secure energy supply ahead of winter
✔️A new school opening in Lviv region

All to ensure Ukraine’s strong recovery.

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 7d

Our 27 EU Member State shareholders unanimously supported the second phase of our Climate Bank Roadmap, consolidating our role as the climate bank.

'When others are pushing back, Europe is moving forward'.

President @nadiacalvino.eib.org on @cnbc.com on the margins of #CMS2025 ⤵️

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 7d

We signed €25.9m in green financing with Iberdrola to build the 22.5 MW Gatza wind farm in Greece.

This includes:
🔵€10m EIB loan
🔵€15.9m from the EU Recovery Fund
🔵boosting Iberdrola’s capacity in Greece to 443.5 MW.

👉 go.eib.org/Greece_Energy

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 7d

Thank you @eu2025dk.bsky.social & Commissioner Dan Jørgensen for a great housing event.

We presented our Housing Action Plan: supporting sustainable, affordable homes across Europe, for a better future.

👉 go.eib.org/HousingEIB

Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025 @eu2025dk.bsky.social · 8d

This week, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing is hosting a high-level conference in Copenhagen, bringing together ministers and experts from across the European Union to address the housing crisis 🇪🇺

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 8d

Ukraine’s tech sector continues to build and attract global attention even in the face of war.

The €50 million Phoenix Tech Fund, backed by Bpifrance, Proparco, EIB & Henri Seydoux, will help Ukrainian start-ups grow into successful technology companies.

➡️ go.eib.org/3KrDL5V

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 8d

We’re financing Endesa with €500m through the Regional Resilience Fund set up by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and €150m from our own resources.

This will help strengthen and digitalise Spain’s power grid for greater resilience, supply security, and renewable integration⤵️

go.eib.org/Spain_Endesa

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 8d

🚨At the EIB, we are doubling down on the green transition.

Our Board of Directors approved Phase 2 of the Climate Bank Roadmap, focusing on:
✅Competitiveness, security and lower energy prices
✅Doubling adaptation financing
✅Radical simplification ⤵️

go.eib.org/EIB_CBR2

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 9d

We're signing a €120m loan to support ACCIONA's research, development, and digitalisation activities.

This will help develop:
✔️New construction materials
✔️Innovative renewable energy tech
✔️Advanced solutions for water treatment and desalination

➡️ go.eib.org/Spain_Acciona

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 9d

We’re accelerating energy renovation of social housing & public buildings in France with:

🔵€300m financing with La Banque Postale to cut energy use & fight climate change
🔵Support for social landlords & public bodies to upgrade buildings and lower costs

👉 go.eib.org/France_Housing

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 9d

President @nadiacalvino.eib.org spoke at the New Economy Forum breakfast in Madrid on current affairs and the EIB Group’s unique role in supporting EU priorities in the new global order.

Read the full speech ➡️ go.eib.org/NewEconomyFo...

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