Newsroom469 Press releases Press conferences Speeches Interviews Articles and Op-eds Videos and photos Press releases EFSF Board of Directors approves €500 million disbursement to Greece 17/12/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF financial assistance for Ireland ends with successful Irish exit 08/12/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF makes final disbursement to Ireland 04/12/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF and ESM complete funding programme for 2013 03/12/2013 EFSF Press releases EFSF issues €1.5 billion 16-year bond 26/11/2013 EFSF 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 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 Principal Speechwriter and Principal 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 5th Annual Capital Markets Seminar - Day Two : An update from the European Stability MechanismThe European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is the permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the countries of the euro area. Like its predecessor -- the te...