Finance Minister: Euro cannot be blamed for inflation in Bulgaria
The rise in inflation in Bulgaria coincided with its adoption of the euro but the euro cannot be blamed for
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Bulgarian MPs extend deadline for share capital euro conversion
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September 2 to extend the deadline for Bulgarian companies to submit their articles of incorporation with
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Bulgaria and the euro: Dual price display ends on August 8 2026
The one-year period of mandatory dual display of prices in leva and euro in Bulgaria ends on August 8 2026,
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ECB reveals shortlisted designs for new euro banknotes, launches public poll
The European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled on July 23 the shortlisted design proposals for the next series of euro banknotes and launched
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European Parliament votes to open negotiations on the digital euro
The European Parliament voted on July 9 in favour of opening talks with the Council of the EU on a
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BNB: Close to 95% of leva banknotes and coins exchanged for euro
As of June 30 2026, about 94.48 per cent of the leva banknotes and coins that had been in circulation
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Eurobarometer: overall support for the euro in non-euro area EU member states
According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, the majority of citizens (57 per cent) in the EU member states that have yet
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Week remains to end of free-of-charge exchange of leva for euro at Bulgaria’s commercial banks
There is only a week left until the end of the period in which the public can exchange leva for
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Bulgaria’s Parliament ratifies country’s membership of European Stability Mechanism
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on May 20 the first and second reading of the ratification of the Treaty establishing the
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