Author: Euronews

As AIIB marks its 10th anniversary, few partnerships reflect its mission of financing infrastructure for tomorrow — with sustainability at its core — as clearly as its work in Sri Lanka. Since it started operations in 2016, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has grown into an international institution with over 100 members and become a pillar of the global development landscape. The Beijing-based multilateral development bank has invested upwards of USD 64 billion in 338 projects across 39 economies. As well as a focus on connectivity, technology-enabled, renewable energy, and digital infrastructure, the bank has in recent years expanded…

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ADVERTISEMENT Pan-European stock exchange Euronext has welcomed the idea of more consolidated European capital markets to boost the continent’s competitiveness. Euronext’s CEO, Stéphane Boujnah, reacted to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’ endorsement of a single European Stock Exchange. “Euronext is ready to contribute to the next level of consolidation of markets in Europe to create a deeper liquidity pool to finance the growth of European companies,” Boujnah told Euronews. The CEO said he welcomed Chancellor Friedrich Merz’ call for “deeper and more attractive European capital markets and for more consolidation in the markets infrastructure sector, ultimately benefitting European companies”. Euronext represents…

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ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin is coming to Budapest. At least, that is what the invitation says. After a lengthy phone call with Donald Trump on Thursday, the leaders of the United States and Russia tentatively agreed to meet in the EU and NATO capital sometime in the near future to discuss a possible end to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Whether that tête-à-tête happens is still unclear, but the news itself sent shockwaves across capitals, as the trip could mark Putin’s first intrusion into the European Union’s territory since early 2020 and further undercut the Western effort to isolate him. But…

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