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Budget surplus in first 2 months, at Q1 end things will look better than in 2016, says PM Grindeanu

March 31, 2017

Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu stated on Thursday that in the first two months of 2017 a budget surplus was recorded and added that at the end of the first quarter things will “look even better” than in the similar period of last year. “In February 2017 the total budget revenues collected by the National Agency […]

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