Loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine and to selected larger companies, as well as for renewable energy projects, will become available to a greater number of domestic firms following the signing of a Risk Sharing Facility (RSF) between the EBRD and Raiffeisen Bank Aval in Kyiv on Monday, according to the EBRD's website.
The press rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is warning that media freedom is being increasingly threatened under authoritarian regimes as well as in countries regarded as models of democracy, according to Radiosvoboda reported.