By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 14 July 2026 with Esther Finnbogadóttir, head of funding and debt management of the Icelandic Ministry of Finance.
14 July 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Iceland is more likely to issue a conventional foreign currency bond than a green bond in 2027, as it continues to prioritize establishing a regular presence in international capital markets with benchmark issuance, according to Esther Finnbogadóttir, head of funding and debt management at the Icelandic Ministry of Finance.
14 July 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 25 June 2026 with Mercedes Abascal, Deputy Director General of Public Debt Management at the Spanish Treasury.
6 July 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Spain does not currently need to carry out a fourth syndicated bond sale in 2026, given the progress made in its funding program, though it remains ready to do so should market conditions prove attractive, according to Mercedes Abascal, Deputy Director General of Public Debt Management at the Spanish Treasury.
6 July 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 5 June 2026 with Johan Bergström, Head of Funding of the Riksgälden, Sweden's debt management office.
16 June 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Sweden will issue a new bond in the first half of next year rather than in Q4 2026 as originally planned, according to Johan Bergström, Head of Funding at the Riksgälden, Sweden's debt management office.
16 June 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 3 June 2026 with Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
4 June 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Estonia will become a more regular issuer with one or two benchmark bond transactions per year, according to Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
4 June 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 6 May 2026 with Rasa Kavolytè, Director of State Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
6 May 2026
Rasa Kavolytė, Director of Lithuanian Treasury: Still have up to €2.5 billion to raise via syndications in 2026
Kavolytė: We prefer launching new benchmarks in syndicated transactions
Kavolytė: Investor demand strongest in the belly of the curve
Kavolytė: No green bond issuance planned in the near term
Kavolytė: No current plans to target institutional investors with defense bonds
Kavolytė: Lithuania not planning to extend defense bond program to longer maturities
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Stelios Leonidou, Senior Economic Officer at the Cypriot Public Debt Management Office.
5 May 2026
- Stelios Leonidou, senior official of Cypriot DMO: New benchmark could be either tap of current 10-year bond or longer-dated issue
- Leonidou: Expect roughly one issuance per year going forward
- Leonidou: There is room to prefund part of 2027 financing needs
- Leonidou: Foreign issuance plans remain on hold until global conditions stabilize
- Leonidou: Initial foreign currency issuance would likely be in USD
- Leonidou: No plans for liability management operations in 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Belgium may issue a new green bond in 2027, according to Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets at the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 20 March 2026 with Petra Wehlert, Head of Capital Markets of KfW.
25 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – German investment and development bank KfW is likely to issue another euro green bond in Q2 2026, according to KfW’s Head of Capital Markets, Petra Wehlert.
25 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 13 March 2026 with Adrián Martínez, Vice Director of the Swiss Federal Finance Administration.
18 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – A new Swiss confederation bond is expected later in 2026 and could be issued around the 2041 maturity, which represents the next gap in Switzerland’s bond profile, according to Adrián Martínez, Vice Director of the Swiss Federal Finance Administration (FFA).
18 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 20 February 2026 with Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate of Slovenia’s Ministry of Finance:
23 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Slovenia expects to issue a Panda bond this year in the range of RMB2–4 billion, with March 2026 seen as the earliest possible window, though final timing will depend on market conditions, according to Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate of Slovenia’s Ministry of Finance.
23 February 2026