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Luxembourg – The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) placed today a €4 billion 1-year bond maturing on 15 July 2015. The yield was fixed at 8 basis points.

Barclays, Credit Agricole and JP Morgan acted as lead managers. The issue attracted very strong demand, above €7.7 billion in orders received from investors worldwide. It is the first 1-year bond issued by the EFSF since December 2012.

Βρυξέλλες - Το Συμβούλιο Διευθυντών του Ευρωπαϊκού Μηχανισμού Σταθερότητας (ΕΜΣ)/(ESM) ενέκρινε σήμερα την εκταμίευση 600 εκατ. ευρώ προς την Κύπρο. Η εκταμίευση έρχεται μετά τη θετική ολοκλήρωση της τέταρτης τριμηνιαίας αξιολόγησης του προγράμματος μακροοικονομικής προσαρμογής της Κύπρου και της έγκρισης του αναθεωρημένου Μνημονίου με την Κύπρο από το Συμβούλιο Διοικητών του ΕΜΣ (ESM).

Brussels – The Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) approved today the disbursement of €600 million to Cyprus. This follows the positive assessment of the fourth quarterly review of Cyprus’s macroeconomic adjustment programme and approval of the supplemental Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cyprus by the ESM Board of Governors.

Brussels – The Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) approved today the voluntary request by Spain to make an early repayment of €1.3 billion of its ESM loan for the recapitalisation of the Spanish banking sector. It is the first time that a euro area country that benefited from a financial assistance programme has requested to make a repayment ahead of schedule.

Bruselas – El Consejo de Administración del Mecanismo Europeo de Estabilidad (MEDE) aprobó hoy la solicitud voluntaria de España para realizar una devolución anticipada de €1,3 mil millones de su préstamo para la recapitalización del sector bancario español.

Por primera vez un país de la zona euro que se benefició del programa de asistencia financiera solicita realizar un pago de su préstamo antes de lo previsto.

Βρυξέλλες – Το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο του Ευρωπαϊκού Ταμείου Χρηματοοικονομικής Σταθερότητας (ΕΤΧΣ)/(EFSF) ενέκρινε σήμερα την εκταμίευση 1 δισ. ευρώ προς την Ελλάδα, λαμβάνοντας υπόψη την πλήρη υλοποίηση των προαπαιτούμενων δράσεων που είχαν αποφασιστεί τον Απρίλιο 2014.

Brussels – The Board of Directors of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) approved today the disbursement of €1 billion to Greece, taking into consideration the full implementation of a set of milestones agreed in April 2014.

Luxembourg – The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) today conducted a tap auction of a €3 billon 10-year bond maturing on 20 November 2023. An additional €990.75 million was issued, bringing the total size of the existing 2.125% bond to €3.99075 billion.

The weighted average price was 106.18% and the average yield was 1.42%. The bid/cover ratio was 3.9. Bids for the auction were transmitted through the Deutsche Bundesbank’s ESM Bidding System (EBS).

Luxembourg – The Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) held its second Annual Meeting today at the ESM office in Luxembourg and approved the ESM Annual Report for 2013. The Board of Governors comprises the 18 euro area Finance Ministers.