The EIB operates in the 27 EU Member States and in more than 130 other countries. Since 2007, the EIB has signed loans totalling EUR 21.1bn with countries outside the EU. The INFO special edition takes a closer look at the EIB’s activities in the different regions of the world.
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1 July 2010
New issue of EIB-Info now available
In the latest issue of EIB-Info: EIB Governors confirm the Bank’s swift support for economic recovery in the EU. The focus is on SMEs, climate action and the regions that have been particularly hard hit by the crisis. A series of articles detail the Bank’s initiatives. EIB-Info also takes a look outside the EU and describes projects in the Mediterranean, Georgia and the Pacific. We invite you to discover it and we wish you a pleasant reading.
5 September 2025
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.