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Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BBB’, maintaining a positive rating outlook. The credit ratings agency said that the outlook […]
Fifty-four per cent of Bulgarians are in favour of the country adopting the EU’s common currency the euro, a gain of six percentage points compa ...
Public support for the euro has reached an all-time high, according to the European Commission’s latest Eurobarometer survey, the results of whi ...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the list of banks in Bulgaria which will be subject to direct supervision by the ECB, as of October 1 20 ...
Fitch Ratings said on July 17 that Bulgaria’s admission to the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2), the euro zone’s “waiting room”, was a positive development for the country’s credit rating, but […]
The European Central Bank (ECB) said on July 10 that Bulgaria and Croatia have been accepted to join the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2), the euro zone’s “waiting room”. The two […]
Rumours of a change to the exchange rate between the lev and the euro have resulted in Bulgarians massively changing the local currency for euro, according to a report by […]
As of December 16, consumers and businesses in non-euro zone EU countries will enjoy cheaper cross-border payments in euro, the European Commission said. New EU ruleswill ensure that all cross-border payments […]
After four years, the capital controls in Greece have finally been lifted. The grounds for such a development had been laid by the previous government and has been implemented by […]
Fifty-three per cent of Bulgarians believe that the euro has been good for the countries that already use the common currency, but only 49 per cent favour its introduction in […]
