The ministry scheduled six auctions and two supplementary non-competitive tenders in which it plans to sell 3-, 5-, 7- and 10-year benchmark state bonds.

So far this year, Romania sold RON24.67 billion in leu-denominated notes and EUR1.08 billion at two euro-denominated auctions on the local market. Additionally, the ministry tapped international markets for $1.5 billion at a US dollar-bond auction in February. (EUR1=RON4.3794)