( June 26, 2026, 09:45 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Romania's investment and development bank, Banca de Investiții și Dezvoltare, or BID, may receive a capital increase of €1 billion to strengthen its capacity, the European Commission said Friday, clearing the measure under EU state aid rules. The regulator also approved an extension of the current state guarantee backing its operations until the end of 2032 and to broaden the scope of the lender's activities to support scale-up companies and projects in strategic sectors, including defense, high-tech manufacturing and knowledge-intensive industries as well as cybersecurity. The capital boost is partly funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility.Statement follows. ...
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