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"United against COVID-19" will support projects that assist vulnerable groups affected by the crisis, including medical staff, people with disabilities, the elderly, children, minorities, the homeless, the unemployed, single parents and others, the US Embassy in Bulgaria reported.

The Medium Term Notes (MTN) Programme provides a maximum debt of up to EUR 1.5 bn that could be issued in the international capital markets (with the possibility to be upsized in the future) without specifying a pre-determined time period for these issuances (multi-year).

Turkey's current account deficit stood lower than expected at $1.79 billion for February, a fall of more than $1.5 billion year-on-year, the Central Bank said on April 11. 

Banks are arranging USD 1B in financing for, a key offshore gas field project in Azerbaijan seen as crucial for Europe's energy security, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said.

Russia's economy shrank sharply in November and the ruble resumed its slide Dec. 29 as Western sanctions and a slump in oil prices combined to inflict the first contraction in GDP since the global financial crisis.