A loose coalition of advocacy groups is urging shareholders of two European Union-backed banks to halt plans to expand lending in North Africa as too little attention has been paid to the democratic credentials of recipient countries.
As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe.
Ukraine has an energy strategy that sees significant new nuclear build. The European Investment Bank's "Trans-European Networks" initiative encourages this new build by increasing the capacity for power exports to the West
During Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Brussels last week, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso did little else than whisper a shy question about human rights before a press conference. The EU certainly can and should do more, especially where the activists who oppose an $8 billion highway project through the ancient Khimki Forest north of Moscow is concerned.
During Vladimir Putin's visit to Brussels last week, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso did little else than whisper a shy question about human rights prior to a press conference. The EU certainly can and should do more.
Small and medium-sized companies in Eastern Europe and candidate countries will receive almost half of the money for crisis loans disbursed by the European Investment Bank, according to data released today (22 February).
As tensions are flaring up in EU's southern neighbourhood and the dealings with eastern petro-states are politically embarassing, the 27-strong bloc is looking for inspiration in the Scandinavian energy market and considering a north-south gas corridor.
As a consultation on biowaste recycling targets has just come to a close, a member of environmental group CEE Bankwatch Network in Croatia says that a biowaste directive is the only way to implement the EU waste hierarchy in eastern countries.
EU plans to finance start-ups must be accompanied by more transparency from the European Investment Bank, writes Isabella Besedova of the CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) Bankwatch Network in an exclusive commentary for EurActiv.