European Investment Bank 2010 and 2015, from a coalition of NGOs, implicated the EIB in tax avoidance by lending to businesses which use tax havens. European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's nonprofit long-term lending institution established in 1958 under the Treaty of Rome. As a "policy-driven bank" whose shareholders are the member states of the EU, the EIB uses its financing operations to bring about European integration and social cohesion. It should not be confused with the European Central Bank, which is based in Frankfurt (Germany) or with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) which
Central European Media Enterprises Central European Media Enterprises Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) is a Bermudan media and entertainment company owned by AT&T, which operates television channels in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia. The company is listed on NASDAQ and Prague Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CETV. Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. was co-founded by Ronald Lauder and Mark Palmer, in Germany as CEDC GmbH (Central European Development Corporation) in 1991. That same year it changed its name and reincorporated in the Netherlands as Central European Media Enterprises (CME). Objections brought by the Czech Republic over the legal distinguishing of the