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 Pierre Gramegna at Eurogroup press conference, May 2023The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is the permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the countries of the euro area. Like its predecessor -- the te...