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NIB finances improvement of laboratory facilities

18 Jan 2013

NIB and Helsingin Yliopistokiinteistöt Oy have signed a 10-year maturity loan of EUR 50 million to finance construction and renovation of laboratory facilities.

NIB finances Finnish hydropower plants upgrade

9 Jan 2013

NIB and Kemijoki Oy have signed a 12-year maturity loan of EUR 20 million to refurbish and upgrade its hydropower facilities in Finland.

NIB provides loan for new school centre in Tampere, Finland

13 Dec 2012 School centre in Vuores

NIB and SEB Leasing Oy have signed a loan agreement totalling EUR 27 million to finance the acquisition of a school centre that is to be leased to the city of Tampere, Finland.

The EU, Finland and Norway donate to new Northern dimension transport fund

12 Dec 2012

The Support Fund of the Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics will co-finance infrastructur projects to qualify them for financing from banks.

NIB finances energy cable between Åland Islands and mainland Finland

11 Dec 2012

NIB and Kraftnät Åland Ab have signed a loan agreement for financing a subsea transmission cable between the Åland Islands and mainland Finland.

NIB provides EUR 25m for wastewater treatment in Belarus

10 Dec 2012 Wastewater treatment plant in Brest

A NIB loan to the Republic of Belarus will help upgrade wastewater treatment plants in the cities of Grodno and Brest. NIB fulfil its mission in Belarus by financing urgent environmental needs that have a significant direct impact on the Baltic Sea region.

NIB provides new loan to A1 motorway in Poland

3 Dec 2012

NIB and Poland’s Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego have agreed a loan for building a new 37-kilometre stretch of the country's A1 motorway.

Category A project for public disclosure

3 Dec 2012

In accordance with NIB's Sustainability Policy and Guidelines, projects with potentially extensive environmental impacts (category A) are made publicly available by NIB for comment before the Bank makes a decision on financing the project. Information on the A-category project Biodiesel production plant (Finland) is available for 30 days from 3 December 2012.

NIB funds Volvo Group R&D to improve fuel efficiency

28 Nov 2012

NIB has signed a seven-year-maturity loan with Volvo Treasury AB to finance emission projects and hybrid technologies.

NIB priced 5-year USD 1bn global issue

21 Nov 2012

The bond was priced 17 basis point over the US Treasury bond which was the tightest pricing NIB has ever achieved for a 5-year benchmark versus US Treasuries.