Bulgaria is due to adopt the euro on 1 January 2026. There has been much debate in the country in the run-up to joining the ...

Bulgaria is unusual in that it pegged its currency, the lev, to the euro right from the beginning of monetary union in 1999, even before it joined the European Union in 2007.

Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday passed legislation introducing year-long price controls from August 8, a part of its ...

On 8 July, the European Parliament approved Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone by a large majority. Through this vote, Bulgaria – a country of six and a ...

Bulgaria celebrated its entry into the euro zone this month, but inside the country, opposition figures are being arrested ...

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favour of Bulgaria’s request to join the euro, paving the way for it to become the 21st member of the bloc to use the currency. On Tuesday, 531 MPs ...

The European Union has given the green light for Bulgaria to adopt the euro starting Jan. 1. On a platform for speakers hung a huge banner that read “The battle for the Bulgarian lev is the last ...

European Union officials gave the green light in June for Bulgaria to become the 21st member of the eurozone, a key Brussels ...

The European Commission ruled Wednesday that Bulgaria has met the requirements, seconded by an opinion from the ECB. The matter now goes to a vote at a meeting of EU finance ministers slated for ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria is close to realizing its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe.

Bulgaria is unusual in that it pegged its currency, the lev, to the euro right from the beginning of monetary union in 1999, even before it joined the European Union in 2007.