Euro at 27: A currency that keeps expanding, but the resistance hasn’t disappeared

The euro launched on 1 January 1999 as an electronic currency for 11 founding nations including Germany, France and Italy, ...

Bulgaria prepares for the euro amid excitement and scepticism

Bulgarian banks, businesses and shoppers were preparing this week to say goodbye to the lev currency ahead of a move to adopt the euro on January 1, a long-awaited milestone met with excitement, ...
Mid-Day on MSN

Bulgarians withdraw euros as country joins single currency bloc

Bulgarians began withdrawing euros for the first time on Thursday after the former communist nation joined the euro currency ...
The Sofia Globe

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

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

The euro is about to get a new member, Bulgaria. What’s the eurozone and how do countries join?

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Union officials gave the green light Wednesday for Bulgaria to become the 21st member of the euro currency union,, a key EU project aimed at deepening the ties ...