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The 3-month Romanian Interbank Offered Rate ROBOR, against which the cost of variable-interest rate loans denominated in lei is calculated, dropped slightly to 3.06 percent per annum, from 3.07 percent per annum, quotation it stood at for six days, according to data released by the National Bank of Romania (BNR).

The Central Bank of Bulgaria reports deficit of the country's current balance, amounting to some EUR 254M for March, on surplus of EUR 131M in March 2016, according to BNR.

The trade balance in March was negative to the tune of EUR 343M on deficit to the tune of EUR 221.1M a year earlier.

Sofia Municipality will pay BGN 3.4M for two public procurement program implementations for integrated urban transport and urban regeneration.

The first one will cost around BGN 2.3M and the winner of the competition must provide a system which will count the passengers in public transport. The second one is for 220 new electronic boards totalling BGN 1.1M.

France's government has dropped plans to let its citizens abroad vote electronically in legislative elections in June because of concern about the risk of cyber attacks, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, cited by Dnevnik.

The National Cybersecurity Agency believed there was an ''extremely high risk'' of cyber attacks. 

In an effort promote its new Bacon 3-Way Burger, a fast food company has created a series of commercials starring three oiled up blondes in bikinis engaged in a pseudo menage a trois.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria for the first seven months of 2015 has increased by 4.8% on the year, reaching a preliminary EUR 907.3M, equivalent to 2.1% of projected GDP, the country's central bank BNB announced on Thursday.

Credit Europe Bank announced, on Wednesday, the updating, as of the same day, of the Libor index for the retail Swiss franc loans with variable interest rate. As a result of this measure, the interest rate for these loans is reduced.

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Bulgaria's Finance Ministry on Monday forecast a budget surplus for January equivalent to 0.1% of the Gross Domestic Product planned for the year.

The expected surplus of some BGN 85M will be the first recorded in the month of January since 2009, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

The current and capital account recorded a surplus of EUR 476.4M in August 2014, compared to a surplus of EUR 931.3M in August 2013, according to data, provided by Bulgaria's National Bank.

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Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria for January - July 2014 increased by EUR 825.3M (2% of GDP), compared to an increase of EUR 1070.8M (2.7% of GDP) for January - July 2013.

In July 2014 the increase was of EUR 74M, compared to a increase of EUR 246.4M in July 2013, according to preliminary data released by Bulgaria's National Bank.