Romania could access foreign markets to borrow money in the second half of the year, if the borrowing cost is less than 2.5%, said the Finance Minister Darius Valcov, cited by local Economica.net.

Romania had a RON 3.54 billion (EUR 799 million) surplus after January 2015, Valcov added. This represents 0.5% of the GDP.

Last year, Romania borrowed four times from global markets, raising over USD 5 billion (EUR 4.4 billion) from bond sales for 10 and 30 years.

In 2015, Romania wants to borrow about EUR 2.5 - 3 billion from international markets to cover maturing debt and to finance the budget deficit.

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