Foreign direct investments totaled EUR 785 million in the first four months of this year in Romania, up 8.7 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Central Bank BNR.

The medium and long term external debt stood at EUR 76.1 billion at the end of April, slightly down from end-2013. The short term external debt went down 4.5 percent from the end of last year.

In the first quarter, foreign direct investments totaled EUR 570 million, up by a third compared to the same period in 2013. More than half of the investments were attracted in March – EUR 290 million, the highest since the beginning of the year.

Last year, foreign direct investments went up by a quarter, to some EUR 2.7 billion, a peak in the last four years. The bigger monthly investment was attracted in November last year – EUR 578 million.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com