BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 21. The European
Investment Bank (EIB) Group provided €366 million in new financing
to Slovenia in 2025, supporting road upgrades, business growth, and
technological innovation, Trend reports via the Bank.


The total includes €227 million from the EIB and €139 million
from the European Investment Fund (EIF), which primarily supports
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Separately, the EIB
channelled €6 million last year to Slovenia from the European
Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), an EU
economic-stimulus initiative established during the COVID-19
pandemic.


Key projects in Slovenia in 2025 included a €120 million EIB
loan to the national motorway company DARS for a bypass near Novo
Mesto in the southeast, a project expected to improve traffic flow
and road safety near the Croatian border. The EIB also provided a
€100 million guarantee to UniCredit Banka Slovenija to facilitate
loans for mid-cap companies and their job-creating initiatives
nationwide.


“We are supporting projects of vital importance for Slovenia –
from safer and greener transport to enhancing the competitiveness
of local companies,” said EIB Vice-President Marek Mora. “Our
activities ensure Slovenians have jobs, a higher quality of life,
and benefit from sustainable development of the Slovenian
economy.”


EIB Group financing in Slovenia rose from €319 million in 2024.
Over the past five years, the EIB Group has provided more than €1.4
billion in financing to the country.


The EIF reinforced Slovenia’s innovation and SME ecosystem in
2025 through a combination of equity and guarantees. Its flagship
initiative, the Slovene Growth Equity Investment Program (SEGIP),
totals €220 million and is co-funded with SID Banka. SEGIP supports
growth equity, early-stage ventures, technology transfer, and
succession financing.







EIF-backed initiatives have supported companies such as Chipolo,
which develops Bluetooth item trackers, and SharpEdge, a high-end
Japanese kitchen knife producer.


Beyond financing, the EIB Group’s advisory services assisted
Slovenian authorities in preparing investment projects in
sustainable flood management, climate adaptation, and sustainable
transport and energy. These efforts strengthened institutional
capacity and aligned project pipelines with the country’s energy
and climate priorities.


Advisory assignments in 2025 also focused on accelerating
strategic investments and optimising the use of EU and EIB Group
financing instruments.


The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, owned by the 27 EU
member states, is one of the world’s largest multilateral
development banks. In 2025, it signed €100 billion in new financing
and advisory services for over 870 high-impact projects across
eight core priorities: climate action and the environment,
digitalization and technological innovation, security and defence,
territorial cohesion, agriculture and the bioeconomy, social
infrastructure, strong global partnerships, and the savings and
investment union.


Beyond long-term loans for large infrastructure, the EIB Group
mobilizes private investment for high-risk innovative projects and
businesses, with a growing role in Europe’s venture debt, venture
capital, guarantees, and securitization markets.