The EIB lent EUR 80 million in two operations, and the EIF provided EUR 177.2 million in guarantees covering loans for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), mid-caps, and municipalities in three separate operations in Slovenia last year, the EIB Group said in a statement on Thursday.

EIB's EUR 50 million lending to SID Banka's municipal infrastructure investment program and EUR 30 million to the Slovenian Regional Development Fund's (SRDF) SME, mid-cap, and municipal COVID-19 recovery program increased total EIB investments in the country to EUR 3.02 billion for the last 10 years, the EIB Group noted.