EIB President gives high appraisal of the Bulgarian business climate
The President of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer has given a high appraisal of the business and investment climate in Bulgaria. At a meeting with the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Hoyer discussed the priorities of the EIB for economic growth and employment as well as the ways of a better collaboration between the European Investment Bank and Bulgaria. So far, this bank has invested some EUR 3.3 billion in Bulgaria. Some EUR 1 billion was invested in the private sector. At present the bank is co-financing the implementation of some major project. These are: the reconstruction of the railway roads between the towns of Plovdiv and Svilengrad, the construction of the second bride over Danube, the integrated waste management system of the municipality of Sofia, etc.