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On March 24, 2018, the WWF EARTH HOUR, the world's largest climate protection event takes place. Millions of people will turn off the light for an hour – anywhere on the planet. OeKB supports the initiative.

On 6th March 2018 OKB successfully issued a USD Global Bond with a volume of USD 1.5 Bn. The 5 year bond was priced at mid-swaps +15bp.

What effects of digitization on the social as well as on the economic level do we have to consider? And how should the framework conditions be shaped so that the risks of digitization become opportunities? These questions were addressed by the project "Beautiful Digital World", which the OeKB carried out together with the Club of Rome - Austrian Chapter and SERI. The closing event for the project took place on February 28th.

Kazakhstan – Thanks to huge reserves of raw materials and economic reforms, the ninth-largest country in the world has become a modern economy. Only democracy is not running according to plan yet.

The country category for Belarus, Croatia, Iran and Oman has been changed.

On January 10, 2018, OKB tapped its outstanding AUD-Bond („Kangaroo“) due August 2027 with a volume of AUD 25 Mio.

Digitization is progressing relentlessly. The project "Beautiful Digital World" explores the framework conditions for a sustainable digitization. 20 well-known authors from various fields have highlighted the topic in essays and made new aspects visible.