In August, the ministry also raised EUR250 million in a reopening of its January 2019-dated Eurobond.

So far in 2014, the country sold RON27.3 billion in leu-denominated notes and EUR928.7 million at four euro-denominated auctions on the local market.

The ministry also tapped international markets for $2 billion at a two-part U. S. dollar bond issue in January, and raised EUR1.25 billion in a ten-year Eurobond sale in April. (EUR1=RON4.3941)