SLOVENIA, December 1 - The increasing social hardship faced by the population and uncertain economic conditions due to the high energy prices have led the
At today’s session the government determined the draft act on emergency intervention to address high energy prices, and began discussing the draft act on aid to the economy to mitigate the impact of the energy crisis. The government also adopted a response to the report filed by FIDES regarding the violation of the code of ethics by the Deputy Prime Minister Danijel Bešič Loredan.
At the sessions of both government committees, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the decision to increase the scope of funds available in the Slovenian Regional Development Fund, opened new budget items to mitigate the consequences of price increases, agreed to the amendments to the proposed Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act and integrated several projects in the applicable Plan of Development Programmes for the 2022–2025 Period.
The EIB lent €80 million in two operations, and the EIF provided €177.2 million in guarantees covering loans for SMEs, mid-caps and municipalities in three separate operations.
LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 4 (SeeNews) - The European Investment Bank Group, consisting of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Investment F