Slovakia

European Investment Bank (EIB), one of the world’s largest multilateral investors in the water sector, is providing EUR 50 million in Bratislava municipal water utility company Bratislavská vodárenská spoločnosť (BVS) for necessary upgrades and extensions of its water supply and wastewater infrastructure. The financing will help aligning Bratislava water and wastewater management with EU regulations, ensuring the highest quality of drinking water in the city and also allow the BVS to increase utilization of green, biomass energy sources.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €240 million loan to Slovakia for co-funding of EU-supported green and digital projects across the country. The credit is the first part of an €800 million EIB loan approved to Slovakia for national contributions mandatory for European Union-supported project which bring billions of euros to member states annually.

Companies in Slovakia are on stronger financial footing than ever and business investments in the country are 10% above pre-Covid levels, according to a European Investment Bank (EIB) Group survey. More than three-quarters of Slovak firms have embraced advanced digital technologies and almost 90% have taken steps to guard against the effects of climate change, new country results from the EIB Group Investment Survey (EIBIS) show.