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Ukraine opens its first railway line with European track width standard, boosting the country’s integration with the European Union
Ukraine today opened its first railway line based on the EU standard for track width, deepening the country’s transport integration with the European Union. The 22 km line – funded by a European Investment Bank (EIB) loan and an EU grant under the Connecting Europe Facility – connects the city of Uzhhorod on the border with Slovakia to Chop in the south near the border with Hungary. The project is also one of the tangible results of the Ukraine Facility, the European Union’s €50 billion support instrument, showing how European guarantees and grants translate into real infrastructure on the ground.
France: EDF and the EIB announce the signature of €500 million financing contract to support the modernisation and the resilience of Enedis-managed public electricity grid
EDF (acting in its role as shareholder of Enedis, the public utility managing the power grid across 95% of France) has signed a €1 billion loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) . The loan will support Enedis’ investment programme, which aims notably to improve the network resilience to the impacts of climate change and the connection of decentralised renewable energy.
EIB Group appoints María Romano, a lawyer and economist with expertise in asset management at the EIF, as Head of the Madrid Office
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group is announcing the appointment of María Romano as the new Head of its Madrid Office. She succeeds Fernando Torija, who is retiring after four years of distinguished service at this position. In her new role, María Romano will focus on advancing the EIB Group’s institutional relations agenda and coordinating the Group’s teams to support the development of transformative projects in Spain.