“Bulgaria’s accession to the euro area will have a positive impact on the economy, the people, the business sector and the whole country”, said Minister of Economy Petar Dilov in an interview with public service broadcaster BNT. ''On January 1,..
We are relying on Bulgaria for our accession to the EU, Minister of European Affairs of Montenegro Maida Gorčević said in an interview with BGNES. Chinese investments are not a threat to European integration because the lessons of the past have..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The Finance Ministry has confirmed that Minister Petkova will participate in the Eurogroup meeting on 17..
In December this year the Ministry of Finance will have covered the last of the criteria for accession to the Eurozone – inflation, said caretaker Deputy PM and Minister of Finance Lyudmila Petkova. Two weeks after fulfilling it, Bulgaria will ask..
The United States has congratulated seven Eastern European countries, including Bulgaria, on the 20th anniversary of their accession to NATO . A statement by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said: "Twenty years ago, as you became Allies, we were..
One month after the date is announced of the country’s entry into the Eurozone, shop prices will start to be displayed in both Leva and Euro, and this will continue for one year after the Euro is introduced in the country, the Council of Ministers..
Austria rejected European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen’s call to lift its veto against Bulgaria and Romania joining the Schengen area, arguing that extending the visa-free zone currently makes no sense and that there is a need for more..
In a resolution adopted on Wednesday with 526 votes in favour, 57 votes against, and 42 abstaining, Parliament stresses that both countries have already fulfilled the necessary requirements to be admitted into Schengen. MEPs regret the Council’s..
The European Commission has ended the so-called Cooperation and Verification Mechanism which monitored the processes connected with the rule of law in this country and in Romania. The motives for this decision – that Bulgaria and Romania have..
The European institutions are getting ready to welcome Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area as early as in 2023. Entry into the border-free area can be considered a certainty, writes euractiv.bg, citing diplomatic sources in Brussels and in..
