The FINANCIAL -- The EBRD is providing a €5 million loan to TEB, the fourth largest Bank in Kosovo, for on-lending to businesses and the residential sector for investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

The FINANCIAL -- Argentina notified the WTO Secretariat, on 15 May 2013, of a request for consultations with the European Union on measures imposed by the EU and/or its member states that affect the importation and marketing of biodiesel as well as measures supporting the biodiesel industry.

The FINANCIAL -- The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore TD, and Minister of State for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, led a national handshake in Croke Park, as part of Ireland’s EU Presidency celebrations of Europe Day.

The FINANCIAL -- EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht welcomed the appointment of Mr Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, as the next Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to European Commission.

The FINANCIAL -- The Vet’Care Consult service, already fully operational in the USA, is being deployed across France and Europe, and has now arrived in the UK.