Bulgaria Posts Jan-Sept Cons Budget Gap of Prelim 541.1 Mln Levs (276.6 Mln Euro) - Table

Bulgaria had a consolidated budget surplus of close to 5.0 billion levs in the first nine months of 2008.

The country's consolidated budget gap through August was 478.7 million levs.

Details follow (in millions of levs):

Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov has said that the centre-right government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, which ousted from power a Socialist-led tripartite coalition in July, will aim for a balanced budget this year.

The country ended 2008 with a budget surplus equivalent to 3.0% of gross domestic product.

(1 euro = 1.95583 Bulgarian levs)