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Poll: Support for Bulgaria joining euro rose to 54% over past year

July 9, 2021July 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

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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Europe 

Poll: Record public support for the euro, scrapping 1 and 2 cent coins

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

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 

Bulgaria’s path to euro: ECB to directly supervise five Bulgarian banks

September 12, 2020September 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the list of banks in Bulgaria which will be subject to direct supervision

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Bulgaria 

Fitch sees Bulgaria as ‘unlikely’ to join euro area before 2024

July 17, 2020July 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

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 

Bulgaria, Croatia accepted into ERM2 euro zone ‘waiting room’

July 10, 2020July 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The European Central Bank (ECB) said on July 10 that Bulgaria and Croatia have been accepted to join the Exchange

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Bulgaria 

Rumours prompt Bulgarians to exchange leva for euro on large scale – report

February 26, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Rumours of a change to the exchange rate between the lev and the euro have resulted in Bulgarians massively changing

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Bulgaria 

Fees for cross-border payments in euro drop in non-euro zone countries

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

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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Europe 

Lifting of capital controls in Greece finalised

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

After four years, the capital controls in Greece have finally been lifted. The grounds for such a development had been

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Support among Bulgarians for adoption of the euro drops to just less than half

June 7, 2019June 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Fifty-three per cent of Bulgarians believe that the euro has been good for the countries that already use the common

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