Croatia has set January 1, 2023, as the date on which it will make the euro its national currency, with Bulgaria set to follow a year later. But how realistic are these deadlines? In July 2020, Bulgaria and Croatia were together admitted to the...
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Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Bulgaria will have the opportunity to finance their growth and business development plans, digital transformation...
Summers should be relaxed, with vacations at the seaside and little interesting news. But in July, following accusations of corruption and state protection of the mafia...
On July 10, Croatia and Bulgaria got the green light from European Union finance ministers to join the European Central Bank’s Exchange Rate Mechanism II (known as...
The Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU drew to a close on June 30, with Germany taking over the reins for the next six months. Assessing the success – or...
Not one of the seven countries legally committed to adopting the euro (Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden) currently meet all the...
On April 10, the euro group agreed on a 500 billion euros rescue package that made the Bulgarian government regret that it had decided to delay its plans to join the...
Croatia has sent a letter of intent to Brussels expressing its readiness to join the eurozone. “I think that our arguments and key areas in which we will undertake...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has forecast that the country will enter the ERM II system of the eurozone in July this year, Bulgarian National Radio has...
Bulgaria delivered a robust economic performance in 2018, supported by sound macroeconomic policies. This is the highlight of a preliminary statement made by the...
The Bulgarian government has approved an Action Plan of reforms needed for the country to progress further on its path to joining the eurozone. Bulgaria is looking to...
In January 2018, eleven years after joining the European Union (EU), Bulgaria assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU — an institution...