Bulgaria government coalition keeps January 2024 euro accession target
Bulgaria’s January 2024 provisional target date for joining the euro zone remains unchanged after the four parliamentary groups that make
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Fitch re-affirms Bulgaria’s ‘BBB’ credit rating, outlook remains positive
Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BBB’, maintaining a positive
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Poll: Support for Bulgaria joining euro rose to 54% over past year
Fifty-four per cent of Bulgarians are in favour of the country adopting the EU’s common currency the euro, a gain
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Poll: Record public support for the euro, scrapping 1 and 2 cent coins
Public support for the euro has reached an all-time high, according to the European Commission’s latest Eurobarometer survey, the results
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Bulgaria’s path to euro: ECB to directly supervise five Bulgarian banks
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the list of banks in Bulgaria which will be subject to direct supervision
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Fitch sees Bulgaria as ‘unlikely’ to join euro area before 2024
Fitch Ratings said on July 17 that Bulgaria’s admission to the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2), the euro zone’s “waiting room”,
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Bulgaria, Croatia accepted into ERM2 euro zone ‘waiting room’
The European Central Bank (ECB) said on July 10 that Bulgaria and Croatia have been accepted to join the Exchange
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Rumours prompt Bulgarians to exchange leva for euro on large scale – report
Rumours of a change to the exchange rate between the lev and the euro have resulted in Bulgarians massively changing
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Fees for cross-border payments in euro drop in non-euro zone countries
As of December 16, consumers and businesses in non-euro zone EU countries will enjoy cheaper cross-border payments in euro, the
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