The investments will focus mainly on the energy and tourism sectors, privatisation of semi governmental organisations and major projects of more than €10m each.

Head of EBRD in Cyprus, Libor Krkoska, held a meeting yesterday with the head of the Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) Christos Michaelides.

“EBRD is willing to allocate around €800m. They are interested in major projects in the Cypriot market, of more than €10m each, in energy, tourism and privatisations,” Michaelides later told reporters.

Asked to elaborate on EBRD’s interest in energy, Michaelides pointed out that their interest is of a more general nature and includes renewable energy sources. He noted that Cyprus has comparative advantages to offer in this area.

EBRD recently acquired a 5% stake in Bank of Cyprus after investing some €100m as part of a capital increase by the lender.

Source: Cyprus Mail