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NIB finances Hafslund’s transmission grid in Oslo

28 Jun 2010 Photo: Hafslund

NIB has provided a new EUR 120 million loan to the Norwegian energy company Hafslund to finance the expansion and upgrade of the transmission grid in the Oslo region.

Member countries increase NIB’s capital base

28 Jun 2010

The Board of Governors has decided to increase the authorised capital of the Nordic Investment Bank by EUR 2 billion.

NIB loan to innovative power plant

24 Jun 2010

NIB will provide the Finnish power utility Lahti Energia with a loan amounting to EUR 50 million. The loan, with a maturity of 20 years, is intended foconstruction of a new waste-to-energy plant.

NIB to finance R&D for next generation mobile network

24 Jun 2010

NIB will provide a loan for Nokia Siemens Network’s research and development programme. The loan, amounting to EUR 30 million, is NIB’s first to the company and is aimed at the further development and implementation of the so-called Single RAN technology to be used in network base stations.

NIB loan to boost capacity of Latvian railway

17 Jun 2010

A new EUR 21 million loan has been provided by NIB to the Latvian state-owned railway company VAS Latvijas Dzelzcels (Latvian Railway).

Financial figures for January–April 2010

15 Jun 2010

Financial information on the period January–April 2010 is now available.
NIB is publishing key figures and the following tables: statement of comprehensive income, statement of financial position, changes in equity and cash flow statement. The document includes comments on the figures by NIB's President and CEO, Johnny Åkerholm. The figures for the period January-April are unaudited.

NIB finances new trains for Transitio

11 Jun 2010

Swedish AB Transitio receives a EUR 124 million NIB loan to purchase 35 new trains.

NIB to host Northern Dimension secretariat on transport and logistics

8 Jun 2010 Airports and other transport hubs in the Baltic Sea region are included in the list of the NDPTL priority projects. Photo: Tallinn Airport

The eleven countries belonging to the Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics have endorsed setting up a secretariat that will be located in NIB’s Headquarters.

NIB and Belarus sign framework agreement

2 Jun 2010 Wastewater treatment facililty in Brest. Photo: Kersti Talving

The focus of NIB's future lending operations in Belarus will be on environmental hotspots demanding urgent action.

Competition to award climate change solutions

1 Jun 2010

Have you got a practical solution to climate change that can also benefit municipalities? Your solution can be a new or as yet unestablished practice, business concept or technology for slowing the effects of climate change. Enter your solution into our international competition that will award the winners with publicity, customer contacts, and assistance in marketing. Competition entries should be submitted by 30 September 2010.