SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria is close to realizing its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. But the ...

BRUSSELS, May 28 (Reuters) - The European Commission will decide on June 4 if Bulgaria can enter the euro zone and become the bloc's 21st member from 2026. European Union countries aspiring to adopt ...

Exchange offices are no longer allowed to convert leva into euros. While until January they could exchange levs for any currency, from February 1 onwards they can only trade euros for other currencies ...

Bulgaria on Thursday officially adopted the euro, bringing an end to the lev, its national currency for nearly 140 years. With the switch, Bulgaria became the 21st member of the eurozone, taking a ...

The exchange of levs into euros is proceeding smoothly at branches of “Bulgarian Posts,” according to retired Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadjov.

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria is close to realizing its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. But the government ...

BBC - Bulgaria - the poorest country in the European Union - has become the 21st member of the eurozone - leapfrogging more obvious and prosperous candidates like Poland, the Czech Republic and ...

SOFIA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - EU member Bulgaria marked its entry into the euro zone on Thursday with a display of euro coins on the facade of the central bank in Sofia and fireworks to celebrate a ...