Foreign direct investments advance by a third in Romania, with March best month this year

Foreign direct investments totaled EUR 570 million in the first quarter of this year in Romania, a growth by a third year-on-year. More than half of the investments were attracted in March – EUR 290 million, the highest since the beginning of the year, data from the Romanian Central Bank BNR show. The medium and long term debt was at EUR 75.3 billion end of March, and made 80 percent of the total external debt, but was down 2.1 percent on December 2013. The short term debt was down by 6.4 percent. Foreign investments to Romania were up by a quarter last year, 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. editor@romania-insider.com