In 2005 the European Investment Bank (EIB) gave Slovenia EUR 282m worth of loans under favourable terms, which is 0.7% of all last year's loans to the EU member states, according to a report the EIB released in Brussels on Thursday.
The bulk of the loans, EUR 250m, was earmarked for the construction of a 36 km motorway section between Maribor (NE) and the Hungarian border, the report says.
The EIB moreover made available EUR 25m to Slovenia's largest bank, Nova Ljubljanska banka, as financial aid to small and medium-sized businesses. Meanwhile, EUR 7m were approved for the Convergence Fund of the New Europe.
The EU countries were granted a total of EUR 42.276bn last year, most of which went to older members. The newcomers received a total of EUR 6.6bn of loans, which is a 80% surge over 2004, when they received only EUR 3.6bn.
Among the non-EU countries, which got a total of EUR 5.1bn, the Mediterranean countries received EUR 2bn and Southeastern Europe EUR 1.5bn. Two thirds of it went to Romania, while EUR 60m were made available to Croatia for a motorway around the coastal town of Split.
In the 2001-2005 period, Slovenia was granted a total of EUR 1.021bn or 0.5% of all loans in the EU. In the same period, the EIB allocated EUR 190bn for the EU members, and EUR 19bn of partner loans for non-EU countries.
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