Bulgaria Turns to 197.6 Mln Euro Budget Gap in Jan-July - Table

Following are details of budget revenue and spending (in millions of levs):

The right-of-centre government headed by Boyko Borisov that took office after the July 5 elections will aim for a balanced budget this year, Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov has said.

The country had a budget surplus equivalent to 3.0% of gross domestic product last year.

(1 euro = 1.95583 Bulgarian levs)