{"id":3163082,"date":"2021-07-05T15:19:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T15:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/team-europe-accelerating-recovery-of-western-balkan-smes-from-covid-19-impact\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:16:41","slug":"team-europe-accelerating-recovery-of-western-balkan-smes-from-covid-19-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/team-europe-accelerating-recovery-of-western-balkan-smes-from-covid-19-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Europe \u2013 accelerating recovery of Western Balkan SMEs from COVID-19 impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Investment Bank (EIB) \u2013the lending arm of the European Union \u2013 has signed loan agreements totalling up to \u20ac140 with private and public institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia. The EIB funds will boost support for small and medium-sized businesses for faster COVID-19 recovery by enabling access to immediate financing under favourable terms and conditions. At the same time, they will support recovery and growth by targeting specific economic sectors and groups such as agriculture, services, women and ICT entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia, the EIB has signed two loans with UniCredit totalling\u00a0up to\u00a0\u20ac100 million. 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