Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands commended the Bulgarian government for their efforts and successes in combating contraband and corruption and assured Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov that Bulgaria is on the right track. During their..
Bulgaria will rely on the support of the EC during its Presidency of the Council of the EU , said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during his meeting with the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in Tallinn. The Bulgarian..
After the face-to-face meeting between the heads of state of France and Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev stated that he regarded the visit by President Emmanuel Macron to Bulgaria as a sign of qualitative growth in relations with France, which have..
Bulgarians are aware of the benefits of joining the Eurozone, but are afraid of a possible rise in prices and actually fear the adoption of the euro, Boryana Dimitrova from Alfa Research Agency has reported. The benefits of using the euro are..
The annual inflation in the 19 countries of the Eurozone has slowed down to 1.4 percent in May, compared to 1.9 percent in April. Inflation has slowed down across the entire EU – from 2 percent in April down to 1.6 percent in May. In..
The Eurozone will perhaps not receive new member states soon, but being an EU member Bulgaria has the obligation to prepare for membership in the currency union, economic expert Lachezar Bogdanov from Industry Watch told the Bulgarian National Radio...
At a meeting in Paris the French President Emmanuel Macron and Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov discussed EU topics related to the forthcoming Presidency of the Republic of Bulgaria of the Council of the European Union as well as the efforts of that..
Bulgaria should join the Eurozone when it fulfills all necessary criteria, Richard Lewis from the Institute for European Studies with one of Belgium’s biggest universities told the Bulgarian National Radio on Saturday. Richard Lewis contends that a..
After the evaluation Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov made of the caretaker cabinet’s first month in office yesterday, today the country’s accession to the Eurozone is given extensive coverage by the press. Sega frontpages a headline:..
The financial system in Bulgaria is so distinct that there is no other like it in Europe. A so-called currency board is in place that curbs the powers of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) considerably, but also exercises a rigorous..
