Not one of the seven countries legally committed to adopting the euro (Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden) currently meet all the requirements for adoption of the European Union’s single currency. According to the...
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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...
Unlike Bulgaria and Croatia – both of which reiterated their desire to join the eurozone as quickly as possible this week – Hungary continues to resist the...
The forint, Hungary’s national currency, hit a record low against the euro on August 29, falling to 331.9. The currency also hit 300 against the US dollar, marking a two...
Bulgaria hopes to join the the ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism — the precursor to eurozone membership — before the end of 2019. Previously, the Balkan country – an...
Hungarian finance minister Mihály Varga has said that the country’s economy will grow by at least by four per cent in the coming years, with Hungary’s public debt...
With the Brexit debacle still on everyone’s mind, stumbling towards a (hopeful) resolution one way or another at the end of October this year, the UK has been focused...
Poland’s ruling conservative party Law and Justice (PiS) has said that the country has no immediate intention of joining the eurozone and has invited other political...
A decade since Slovakia adopted the euro, a key European official has said that the country is an impressive example of how economic and institutional convergence can be...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which are well worth your time. Political will in Europe to expand the euro area...
The clear winner of the Czech Republic’s parliamentary elections is ANO 2011, an anti-establishment political party founded by Andrej Babiš, a Slovak-born billionaire.
Poland will adopt the euro only after the reform of the eurozone has been completed and if there are strong economic arguments supporting the currency’s adoption...
