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European Investment Bank head Calvino arrives in Kyiv

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European Investment Bank head Calvino arrives in Kyiv
The European Investment Bank head, Nadia Calvino, arrived in Kyiv on Feb. 10, 2025. (Katarina Mathernova / X)

The European Investment Bank (EIB) head, Nadia Calvino, arrived in Kyiv on Feb. 10, the EU Ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova, announced.

The statement did not specify the purpose of Calvino's visit.

The news comes as 19 EU member states have proposed expanding financing for arms production through the EIB on Jan 31.

The step aims to ensure that the European defense industry responds appropriately to both short- and long-term challenges, including Russia's war against Ukraine.

Kyiv signed a financing agreement with the European Investment Bank under the Recovery III project at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin last year.

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Tim Zadorozhnyy is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent covering foreign policy, U.S.-Ukraine relations, and political developments across Europe and Russia. He studied International Relations and European Studies at Lazarski University and Coventry University. Tim began his journalism career in Odesa in 2022 as a reporter for a local television channel. He later spent a year and a half at the Belarusian independent media outlet NEXTA, first as a news anchor and later as a managing editor. He is fluent in English, Ukrainian, and Russian.

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