In 2014, Romania benefited from 10.4 billion euros from European funds for down-payments and reimbursements, Government Spokesman Corneliu Calota announced on Monday, Agerpres reports.
"At the end of 2014, invoices representing over 50 per cent of the amount allotted to Romania were sent to Brussels for reimbursement. The total amounts that entered Romania, both for down-payments and for reimbursements, amount to 10.4 billion euros. For 2015, three operational programmes have already been approved: the Operational Programme for Helping Disfavoured Persons, the Operational Programme Competitiveness and the Operational Programme Technical Assistance," Calota said in a press briefing at the Victoria Palace.