Newsroom464 Press releases Press conferences Speeches Interviews Articles and Op-eds Videos and photos Press releases EFSF Board of Directors approves €3.7 billion disbursement to Portugal 19/11/2013 EFSF Press releases ESM issues 10-year bond 12/11/2013 ESM Press releases Euro area Member States transfer fourth tranche of ESM paid-in capital 31/10/2013 ESM Press releases EFSF issues 7-year bond 22/10/2013 EFSF Press releases ESM issues inaugural long-term bond 08/10/2013 ESM Press releases EFSF disburses €1 billion to Ireland 27/09/2013 EFSF Press releases ESM disburses €1.5 billion to Cyprus 27/09/2013 ESM Press releases ESM to disburse €1.5 billion to Cyprus 13/09/2013 ESM Press releases EFSF taps 7-year bond via auction 10/09/2013 EFSF Press releases ESM to start issuing long-term bonds in October 30/08/2013 ESM Press releases EFSF successfully issues a new 21-year bond 28/08/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF disburses €2.5 billion to Greece 31/07/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF issues 5-year bond 24/07/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF issues €5bn 7-year bond 10/07/2013 EFSF Press releases ESM becomes sole mechanism for new financial assistance programmes to euro area Member States 01/07/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF disburses €2.1 billion to Portugal 27/06/2013 EFSF Press releases ESM disburses €1 billion to Cyprus 26/06/2013 ESM Press releases EFSF disburses €3.3 billion to Greece 25/06/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF extends loan maturities for Ireland and Portugal 24/06/2013 EFSF Press releases ESM Board of Governors approves 2012 Annual Report 20/06/2013 ESM More content is coming your way Contacts Cédric Crelo Head of Communications and Chief Spokesperson +352 260 962 205 c.crelo@esm.europa.eu Anabela Reis Deputy Head of Communications and Deputy Chief Spokesperson +352 260 962 551 a.reis@esm.europa.eu George Matlock Senior Financial Spokesperson +352 260 962 232 g.matlock@esm.europa.eu Juliana Dahl Senior Economic Spokesperson +352 260 962 654 j.dahl@esm.europa.eu Subscribe to ESM news Subscribe to ESM blog Subscribe to Investor Relations newsletter Social media Pierre Gramegna at Eurogroup press conference, March 2023The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is the permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the countries of the euro area. Like its predecessor -- the te...