VOL.XLIII/XLIV

No.52/ No. 01

25-Dec.-2000/1 Jan. 2001

SYRIA

...And 30Mn To Tunisia For Construction Of Metro Line

The European Investment Bank (EIB) on 14 December approved a30mn ($26.9mn) loan to Tunisia for the construction of a new metro line to extend urban rail services to the southern part of Tunis. According to an EIB press release, the loan is part of a co-financing package with Germanys Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau. The project focuses on the construction of a new 6.7km line linking the...