KIEV, Oct. 16 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved the issue of EUR100 million to several Ukrainian cities to improve public transportation, focusing on renovating and improving transport efficiency including EUR8 million to municipal enterprise Odesamiskelektrotrans for the purchase of 45 new trolleybuses.

EBRD Senior Adviser for External Affairs Anton Usov told Interfax-Ukraine that the bank's board of directors made the decision on October 14.