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EU would benefit from maximum number of countries joining euro – Bulgarian Parliament Speaker

February 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, euro zone

The European Union will benefit from the accession of a maximum number of member states to the euro, Bulgarian National

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Europe 

Greece to top Eurogroup meeting agenda

February 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

The implementation of the Greek bailout programme will top the agenda of a scheduled Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on February

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov on Western Balkans, Turkey, Germany, Schengen and everything else

November 20, 2017November 21, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, euro zone, Schengen

Addressing university students on November 20, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov delivered his thoughts on everything from the Western Balkans

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Europe 

Athens aiming to secure ‘clean exit’ from bailout

November 6, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

Having concluded the first round of direct talks with international creditors, Greek government sources believe that despite various unresolved issues,

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Europe 

ECB official warns EU candidate countries on risks of ‘unofficial euroisation’

September 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, euro zone, Serbia

A member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board has warned candidate and potential candidate countries for EU membership

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Europe 

Juncker: ‘I don’t intend to force countries to join the euro if they are not willing or not able to do so’

September 15, 2017September 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has defended his proposal, announced in the European Parliament in an annual speech on September

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Bulgaria 

French president Macron backs Bulgaria’s Schengen, euro zone bids

August 25, 2017October 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, euro zone, Roumen Radev, Schengen

Emmanuel Macron’s tour of Eastern Europe reached Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast on August 25, where, in meetings with President Roumen

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Bulgaria 

GERB leader Borissov: Bulgaria will apply to join euro zone

March 31, 2017April 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, euro zone

Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party that won the largest share of seats in Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections and

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Europe 

Where Athens and creditors stand following Eurogroup agreement

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

Following the February 20 2017 Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, several conclusions could be drawn as to what the Greek government took

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