Bulgaria is close to realising its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. But the government faces a populist ...

(Bloomberg) -- Eighteen years after Bulgaria joined the European Union, the bloc’s finance ministers have finally cleared the way for it to adopt the euro currency in January 2026. The southeast ...

Bulgaria is set to join the euro currency zone in 2024 but there is a growing discontent about the move, particularly among the country’s pro-Russian parties, who claim it will lead to economic ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Days before Bulgaria was expected to become the 21st member of the eurozone, opponents of the move geared up Saturday for a final battle to change the schedule. Thousands of ...

The chair of the Bulgarian National Assembly on Tuesday rejected President Rumen Radev’s proposal for a referendum on Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro as national currency. As reported by the Bulgarian ...

(Reuters) -Global ratings agency Fitch on Thursday upgraded Bulgaria's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to 'BBB+' from 'BBB', citing the approval of Bulgaria's euro adoption scheduled ...

The European Commission says Bulgaria's adoption of the euro by next January is "no longer realistic" because of inflation, an acknowledgement that sheds greater light on the caretaker government in ...

The European Commission has given Bulgaria the go-ahead to join the eurozone single currency region as of January 1, 2026, the country's second major step in just one year on its path to full ...

Bulgaria’s accession to the eurozone and the adoption of the world’s second most used currency is a long-anticipated process. This step will positively impact our economy and will be a driver for ...

This year we are in very good financial health – the banking system in Bulgaria is stable, liquid, very well capitalised and with decreasing levels of bad loans, and all its indicators are above the ...