Raiffeisenbank financed the construction of the eco-trail Struilitsa-Kaleto-Lakata in the preserved area of “Devinska River Valley” in the Rhodope Mountains as part of the “Choose to Help” 2011 donation initiative.

With a view to fiscal policy, the execution of the state budget improved, and for the second consecutive month a surplus was registered (BGN 284.6 mn), and thus the cumulative budget balance from the beginning of the year turned positive.

As in 2011, the British financial magazine Euromoney awarded the coveted title "Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe" (CEE) to Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI). The award was presented at a ceremony in London last night.

"Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)* has so far withstood the turbulences in the eurozone well and developed with pleasing stability," analyses Peter Brezinschek, head of Raiffeisen Research, a unit of Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI).

Raiffeisenbank has launched a promotional campaign for newly issued credit cards MasterCard, Visa, RaiCARD, and for the co-branded credit cards UNIQA MasterCard, AVON MasterCard and BILLA Visa.

According to the bank’s analysts, the 0.9% yoy economic growth in Q1 turned out higher than the initially expected minor decline.