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Bulgaria’s central bank: 67% of leva cash out of circulation

January 24, 2026January 24, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

As of January 23, about 67 per cent of leva banknotes and coins is out of circulation, central Bulgarian National

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Bulgarian Constitutional Court again denies request to hold euro referendum

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled as inadmissible the complaint by 51 MPs requesting the court to overturn a National Assembly decision

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Bulgaria’s central bank to offer its first silver collector’s coin in euro

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) will on January 26 release into circulation a silver collector’s coin “125 years electric tram in

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Eurogroup president congratulates Bulgaria on ‘smoothly executed process’ of euro transition

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The Eurogroup congratulates the Bulgarian authorities on a smoothly executed process of the transition to the euro, Eurogroup president Kyriakos

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Bulgaria’s largest bank says 295 million leva in cash accepted at its branches in three days

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

From January 12 to 14, branches of Bulgaria’s largest bank – DSK Bank – accepted 295 million leva in cash,

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Bulgaria’s central bank: Close to 60% of leva out of circulation

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

As of January 16, about 58 per cent of leva in cash has gone out of circulation, while euro banknotes

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Bulgaria’s consumer protection body: 1600 complaints in a week, mainly about breaches of euro law

January 14, 2026January 14, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) received about 1600 complaints and appeals last week, mainly about alleged abuses in connection with

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Bulgaria 

Coordination centre urges public to get euro banknotes, coins, before dual circulation ends

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The head of the Bulgarian government’s coordination centre on euro adoption, Vladimir Ivanov, issued an appeal on January 13 to

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Coordination centre chief: Predictions that introduction of euro in Bulgaria would be disaster have not come true

January 11, 2026January 12, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Predictions that the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria would be a disaster did not come true, we are off

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