Ukraineโ€™s economy could grow by 5% next year if hostilities end, EBRD says

European reconstruction bank will help rebuild country if peace is agreed but a lasting end to conflict is neededThe war-torn Ukrainian economy could expand by 5% next year if a ceasefire is agreed, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development …

Brusselsโ€™ global infrastructure plan isnโ€™t challenging Beijing โ€” itโ€™s relying on it

EU-funded projects abroad are being built by Chinese companies.

European banks to provide over โ‚ฌ600M in recovery funds for Ukraine

The deals were signed at this week’s Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin.

Intensifying war increasing threat to Ukraine economy, EBRD warns

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development cuts growth forecasts for regions it operates in, saying war โ€˜casting long shadowโ€™ Ukraineโ€™s war-torn economy faces a renewed threat as Russiaโ€™s intensifying war takes its toll on power plants and forces…

Public development banks should not prop up the fossil fuel industry

In a recent interview with The Banker magazine, President of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, stated โ€œWe must engage with the fossil fuel industry to meet the methane pledgeโ€. While reducing methane emissi…

EIB ready to โ€˜stretchโ€™ lending criteria as it prepares for EU Councilโ€™s call to arms

The European Investment Bank (EIB) could move one step closer to loosening its lending criteria to unlock more direct investment into defence as soon as Thursday (21 March), when it expects to get the final signal it needs from the European Union’s 27 …

Western aid to Ukraine exceeds Marshall Plan, EBRD boss says

The president of the EBRD says that EU and U.S. are giving โ€œhugeโ€ support despite domestic resistance.

The EUโ€™s โ‚ฌ50 billion for Ukraine is basically nothing

With Republicans thwarting U.S. efforts to approve $60 billion for Kyiv, Europe faces an even greater bill. So what next?

Preaching transparency but not practicing it

Both the Pfizer and the Euroins case illustrate the failure of the Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen to enforce her own commitments on transparency, writes Dick Roche.

Kazakhstanโ€™s transport strategy advances in cooperation with global partners

Since its independence, Kazakhstan has made great efforts to develop its transport and transit potential and modernise transport corridors, having allocated over the past 15 years over $35 billion for these purposes, writes Marat Karabayev.

Russian trade, remittances boost Central Asia growth prospects, EBRD says

Central Asian economies from Mongolia to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will see strong growth this year and next thanks to rising trade and remittance flows from Russia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Wednesday (27 Sept…

Kazakh expert: Central Asia needs a transnational electricity grid

Kazakhstan is โ€œcompletely dependentโ€ on Russia when it comes to balancing energy needs and the best solution is to create a transnational electricity grid in Central Asia, similar to the one in Europe, a Kazakh expert told a Brussels audience on Tuesda…