Bulgaria’s central bank: Close to 60% of leva out of circulation
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
The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) received about 1600 complaints and appeals last week, mainly about alleged abuses in connection with
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Coordination centre urges public to get euro banknotes, coins, before dual circulation ends
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
Predictions that the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria would be a disaster did not come true, we are off
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Bulgaria’s central bank: Close to half of leva withdrawn, 3.1B euro put into circulation
As of January 9, about 48 per cent of leva have gone out of circulation, central Bulgarian National Bank (BNB)
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Bulgaria’s revenue agency has so far imposed 200 000 leva fines for breaches of Euro Adoption Act
The National Revenue Agency has so far imposed fines to a total of close to 200 000 leva for breaches
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Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry denies that one-month euro – lev dual circulation period will be extended
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has denied that the January 2026 temporary period of dual circulation of euro and leva is to
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ABB: A number of bank branches will work overtime in January for changing leva for euro
To make it easier for individuals and businesses to exchange banknotes and coins from leva to euro, a number of
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Bulgaria’s central bank announces overtime hours to meet high demand for trading leva for euro
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) announced on January 7 that its cash desks and those of territorial divisions of the Cash
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