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EBRD to lend Bosnia €210mn for construction of Corridor Vc
Head of Hungarian tourism agency slams Budapest airport for poor quality of services
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on February 18 it is providing two loans of a combined €210mn to Bosnia & Herzegovina for the construction of 14 km of the pan-European Corridor Vc motorway.
Corridor Vc runs from the Hungarian capital Budapest through Croatia and Bosnia and ends again in Croatia, at the Adriatic town and major seaport of Ploce. The length of the Bosnian part of the corridor is 330km.
One sovereign loan of €60mn will be provided to the Muslim-Croat Federation, and another €150mn will be lent to the Motorways of Republika Srpska and will be backed-up by a sovereign guarantee, the EBRD said in a statement.
The head of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTU) blasted condi- tions at Liszt Ferenc International Airport, saying the airport opera- tor concentrates solely on profits but the quality of services is below European levels, local media reported on February 16. He is not the first one to voice his discontent with the airport.
It is well known that foreign tourists have problems with security checks, baggage claim, and check-ins, Zoltan Guller told pro- government daily Magyar Nemzet on February 16.
There was also criticism of the condition of restrooms and the exchange rates, which are among the highest in the world, not to mention the unscrupulous taxi drivers, he said.
A Czech billionaire Karel Janecek and the Czech company Logio decided to invest tens of millions of crowns into the Prague logistics start-up Shipvio, owned by entrepreneur Andre Dravecky, and support the company to expand beyond European borders, daily E15.cz reported on February 13.
“First we want to succeed to the east from the Czech Republic and get support from local carriers. Our long-term goal is to be successful in Germany and Benelux countries,” said Dravecky. The application made it to the final of the US Startup World Cup.
Billionaire Janecek to invest into Czech logistics app Shipvio