Topic: Connecting Europe Facility

Interview ‘Romania is about to reap the benefits of infrastructure works and EU financing’

Romania joined the EU in 2007. The accession meant increased availability of European funding for infrastructure projects. What started as a “steep and bumpy road”…
20 EXTRA BILLION NEEDED ‘CEF funds are not sufficient and need to be increased’

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) recently claimed that the funds from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) allocated for transport projects should be increased…
MODERNISED LINES AND ETCS Slovakia to receive 135 million euros in CEF funds

The European Commission is granting 135 million euros to Slovakia to modernise its rail infrastructure, with significant benefits for rail freight. The funds, coming from…
connecting europe facility European Commission presents first-ever CEF report

The European Commission (EC) unveiled the first edition of the progress report on the implementation of the funds coming from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).…
OVER 51 BILLION EUROS CEF Transport funds to be doubled, military mobility wallet to increase ten times

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding mechanism will be confirmed for the 2028-2034 period and its wallet for transport, the main funding mechanism for rail…
LEAKED DOCUMENT CEF funds to be saved, higher focus on military mobility

Despite intentions to discontinue it, the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding mechanism will likely be confirmed, according to leaked draft legislation on the EU’s budget…
focus on etcs New CEF funds assigned, what’s in it for rail freight?

The European Union is going to distribute roughly 2,8 billion euros among 94 transport projects through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The rail sector is…
Future of the Connecting Europe Facility Cross-border projects press EU Commission to keep CEF III

Four major cross-border projects in Europe are urging European institutions to maintain a strong financing mechanism such as the Connecting Europe Facility III (CEF III).…
Boosting trade EIB supports Ukraine with 50 million euros for border crossings

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is coming in with a 50 million euro support package for Ukrainian Railways. The money will go to border crossings…
in focus: ports Bulgarian port of Burgas to invest over 10 million euros for rail upgrade

The port of Burgas, in Bulgaria, will invest 10,7 million euros to connect two terminals via rail: the Burgas East-2 and the Burgas West. With…
To Slovakia and Hungary Ukraine’s first standard gauge rail to Uzhhorod on track for launch in the second half of 2025

As part of Ukraine’s effort to integrate its transport network with that of the EU, the country is planning to build various standard gauge rail…
rail funding shake-up The death of CEF? EU ‘threatening to terminate’ dedicated multi-billion euro transport fund

The European Commission could terminate the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s multi-billion-euro transport fund, sources with knowledge of the plans have exclusively confirmed to…